Software Engineer, Full Stack - Safety

About the role:

At Samsara, driver safety is at the heart of fleet management. With more vehicles on the road than ever, the need for smarter, proactive safety solutions is critical. The Safety Applications team builds cutting-edge, AI-powered coaching products across web, mobile, and API surfaces, working closely with ML and AI engineering teams to deliver impact at scale.Our products promote safer and more efficient driving by providing targeted, actionable feedback. Managers and supervisors (coaches) can help drivers recognize and correct risky behaviors.

As a Software Engineer II on the team, you will collaborate with Product and Design to evolve and expand our coaching products, refine workflows based on customer feedback, and deliver scalable, AI-driven solutions that make global operations safer, smarter, and more efficient.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US and Canada.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries driving the world's physical operations.
• You are a life-long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.
• You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.
• You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

In this role, you will:

• Solve complex problems as you architect, build, test, and deliver full-stack products.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and support teams to deliver customer-facing solutions.
• Build upon skills and knowledge across a range of technologies such as Golang, GraphQL, Typescript, React, and MySQL. Previous experience with these technologies is not required.
• Integrate large language models (LLMs) into safety workflows, design and run evaluations, and build feedback loops that continuously improve the accuracy, precision, and reliability of the insights delivered to safety managers.
• Own the operational health of production systems as we build for the future scale of an ever-growing customer base.
• 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:

• 2-4 years of relevant industry experience in software development.
• Strong programming/coding fundamentals in a language such as Java, Python, or Golang.
• Knowledge of designing, architecting, developing, and monitoring full-stack applications at scale.
• Familiarity with integrating LLMs into products, including running evaluations and creating feedback loops to improve accuracy and usefulness of generated insights.
• Experience using data to investigate issues and make the right call to resolve them.
• An ability to estimate, communicate, and deliver on project milestones with your team.
• A growth mindset and excitement around building new skills and expertise.
  

An ideal candidate also has:

• Background in web application development using modern frameworks such as React and TypeScript.
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and experience designing, developing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure and applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.