Specialty
The role
Samsara is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its Maps team, which builds the shared geospatial platform used across its IoT products. The role is remote and open to candidates based in the US.
What you will do
- Set the technical direction for the Maps team and platform
- Build geospatial ingestion and processing pipelines and serve map data through reusable APIs
- Scale storage, query and compute for real-time features that depend on map data
- Consolidate team-specific geospatial solutions into platform-wide offerings
- Build agentic tools so customers can self-serve map data
- Raise the bar through code reviews, design discussions and mentoring
What they ask for
- 8+ years building software, including 2+ years as an architect or technical leader
- 4+ years on large-scale distributed systems
- 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- Based in the US
- Nice to have: PostGIS, spatial SQL, GeoPandas, OpenStreetMap, GeoParquet
What they offer
- Eligible for initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refreshers
- Performance-based bonus or variable pay for eligible roles
- Professional development stipend
- Health and parental leave plans
- Employee-led flexible remote model
This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Samsara's careers page behind the apply button.
