Staff Software Engineer - Security & Privacy

About the role:

Samsara is looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Cloud Governance Platform team. This team builds the foundational platforms that enforce governance, identity security, compliance, and software supply-chain protections across all of Samsara’s cloud infrastructure and developer environments.

Rather than relying on manual reviews or policy enforcement, this team delivers secure, compliant-by-default systems through cloud IAM guardrails, automated controls, and scalable platform abstractions across AWS and GCP.

As a Staff Engineer, you will operate as a technical leader and force multiplier: driving architecture, influencing engineering direction across teams, and building highly reliable, secure platforms that scale with Samsara’s global footprint supporting millions of connected devices.

Our final interview stage is a full-day, in-person onsite at our SF office. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate face-to-face with our senior technical leaders and dive deep into the hard problems we are solving.

This is a remote position open to candidates based in the US.

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: 

• Lead the technical direction and architecture of Samsara’s Cloud Governance Platform, spanning cloud IAM, security controls, compliance enforcement, and software supply-chain security.
• Define and own the roadmap and long-term vision for governance and security platforms across AWS and GCP.
• Drive compliance through engineering, translating regulatory frameworks into automated, continuously enforced controls.
• Own software supply-chain security initiatives, including SAST, DAST, and secure CI/CD patterns.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product Engineering to solve complex, cross-functional risk and governance challenges.
• Mentor engineers across teams and contribute to a strong engineering culture through technical guidance and example.
• Communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Champion and embed Samsara’s cultural principles as the organization scales.

Minimum requirements for this role.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building and operating cloud platforms at scale.
• Deep hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM systems, threat models, and mitigations.
• Proven track record of leading large technical initiatives with cross-team impact.
• Experience designing and operating highly reliable, scalable distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience building internal developer platforms or governance systems used across many teams.
• Background in developer tools, infrastructure, or productivity engineering.
• Experience with software supply-chain security practices and tooling.
• Proficiency in Golang, Python, Terraform, or similar platform-focused technologies.
• Strong judgment in balancing developer experience, platform adoption, and enforcement of security controls.