Software Engineer I

About the role

You will immediately dive into challenging, real-world projects with the freedom and responsibility of a full-time engineer, owning end to end feature delivery from conception through production. We believe in providing a greenfield opportunity for growth and a high degree of ownership from day one, enabling you to design solutions that directly shape the future of connected operations. You will build and innovate, making a tangible impact on our global customers by shipping features that improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability across critical industries. You will partner closely with product and design to rapidly iterate on features, translating user needs into robust backend services and intuitive front end experiences. On the mobile side, you will help strengthen the infrastructure behind our React Native app, enabling feature teams to move quickly and build performant, maintainable products for field teams. For those focused on embedded software, you will build and maintain software that runs directly on Samsara hardware, spanning areas like edge AI, multimedia frameworks, power management, and real-time data processing in demanding real-world environments. You will leverage the latest AI tools, with generous token allotments, to accelerate development, automate repetitive tasks, and learn faster while shipping more. Throughout your journey, you will work alongside experienced engineers who mentor you while relying on your initiative and curiosity to define technical direction across our platform.

Key facts

What you'll do

Investigate and resolve complex issues in production data pipelines to ensure reliability and performance for thousands of IoT devices worldwide.

Design and implement backend services in Golang that scale to handle over 15,000 hardware assets and tens of thousands of customers across global deployments.

Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate operational requirements into intuitive user experiences that turn massive device data streams into actionable insights.

Develop and maintain frontend components using TypeScript and React to build responsive dashboards and tools for operations teams.

Own the full lifecycle of features, from initial discovery and scoping through implementation, testing, and post launch monitoring.

Write clean, testable code and contribute to architectural decisions that support long term scalability and maintainability of the platform.

Partner with field and customer facing teams to gather feedback and iterate on solutions during customer interviews and pilot programs.

Implement real time data processing and edge software on embedded hardware to optimize power management, multimedia handling, and sensor fusion in physical operations environments.

Utilize AI assisted development tools and generous token allotments to prototype features quickly, automate repetitive work, and validate ideas with real data.

Work within an agile delivery framework to plan sprints, refine backlogs, and continuously improve delivery velocity and engineering practices.

Requirements

You are pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or you have equivalent practical experience.

You are expected to graduate in 2025, 2026, or 2027, or you have recently graduated and are looking for your first full time role.

You have a strong foundational knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and operating systems concepts.

You are comfortable writing production level code and understand how to design systems that are reliable, scalable, and secure.

You have experience with at least one modern programming language such as Golang, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or similar.

You are excited to work with technologies like GraphQL for data access, React for web user interfaces, and React Native for mobile clients.

You have basic familiarity with cloud platforms and infrastructure as code concepts, ideally including experience with AWS or similar environments.

You are comfortable working in a fast paced environment where priorities can shift and where you must manage multiple tasks with clear ownership.

You are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for this position.

Nice to have

Direct experience with Golang, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, and React Native is strongly encouraged but not required.

Experience contributing to open source projects or building personal projects that demonstrate your engineering curiosity.

Familiarity with IoT concepts, embedded systems, or industrial applications is a plus given our customer focused mission.

Practical notes

This role is based in San Francisco, SF9, and requires in office work.

New Grads may be eligible for internship to full time conversion based on team needs and performance.

No sponsorship is available for this role at this time.