Senior Software Engineer I

at  Samsara

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Senior Software Engineer at Samsara, you will design and develop features across a broad surface area with a tangible impact on active and future customers. You’ll tackle engineering challenges ranging from architecting data structures for mass data collection to presenting data analytics in intuitive and performant ways on web and mobile.
We use Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU MAY WORK ON:

• A system that optimizes routes for fleets of vehicles that drive a million miles per week
• Live rendering and animating thousands of vehicles concurrently on country-scale maps
• Video processing and automatically classifying dangerous driving behavior with our internet-connected dashboard camera
• Using driving quality metrics computed from vehicle sensor data to gamify the driver experience
• Creating a driver messaging platform end to end, from bringing up services to staged mobile app rollouts
• 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:

• 4+ years of experience building customer-facing applications
• Strong programming/coding fundamentals
• Experience working on large-scale enterprise software applications