WHO WE ARE

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing — and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.
Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, Equipment Monitoring, and Site Visibility. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.

FLEXIBLE WORKING

At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams. Our offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements. For certain positions, being close to one of our offices or within a specific geographic area is important to facilitate collaboration, access to resources, or alignment with our service regions. In these cases, the job description will clearly indicate any working location requirements. Our goal is to ensure that all members of our team can contribute effectively, whether they are working on-site, in a hybrid model, or fully remotely. All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Samsara AI team builds end-to-end AI solutions for our customers as well as core ML infrastructure for Samsara. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will be working with petabyte-scale sensor, diagnostic, video, and text data to solve critical problems for Physical Operations customers, globally. You will work closely with ML Engineers and Scientists, as well as full-stack and firmware engineers to deliver core product features, services, and optimizations.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Lead design and implementation of critical AI product initiatives on Edge devices.
• Develop both tactical AI solutions as well as more strategic and longer term research.
• Work with petabyte-scale data from customer operations including text, transactions, diagnostics, sensor, camera, and location data.
• Partner across business units to explore and prototype new AI experiences and optimize the ML model performance on edge devices.
• Stay connected to industry and academic research and adopt novel technology that suits Samsara’s needs.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE:

• 8+ years experience as a Machine Learning Engineer.
• Profound experience in optimizing ML models and systems for Edge compute constraints.
• Proficient with Spark, Ray, or a similar framework.
• Coding in python or similar.
• Coding in C++ or Rust.
• Strong functional knowledge of the iterative machine learning product development process.
• Experienced in developing and shipping production code at large scale.
• Ability to distill informal or ambiguous customer and business requirements into crisp problem definitions.
• Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing to technical peers and leadership teams with various levels of technical knowledge.
• Experience coaching and mentoring ML Engineers.