Staff Software Engineer - Platform and Infrastructure
Core
Building foundational systems, container orchestration, data storage, and real-time data ingestion to power Samsara's IoT platform for physical operations.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Platform & Infrastructure)
Builds
Foundational infrastructure capabilities including container orchestration, data storage, and real-time data ingestion for a global IoT platform.
Domain
IoT / Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
software design, distributed systems architecture, cloud provider expertise (AWS/GCP/Azure), cross-organization project leadership, large-scale web services, algorithmic solutions
Preferred skills
mentoring engineers, stream-processing decision engines, enterprise software applications, client-side code (JavaScript), high-performance code
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, GraphQL, container orchestration, stream-processing engines
Responsibilities
Drive technology choices and architectural patterns, architect software for scale, lead teams in delivering platform capabilities, solve hardest technical problems, act as a multiplier for the team, represent the engineering brand externally
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & strategy