Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

About the role

Samsara is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Cloud Governance Platform team. This team builds foundational platforms that enforce governance, identity security, compliance, and software supply-chain protections across all of Samsara's cloud infrastructure and developer environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of Samsara's Cloud Governance Platform, contributing hands-on to cloud IAM, security controls, compliance enforcement, and software supply-chain security capabilities.
• Contribute to the roadmap for governance and security tooling across AWS and GCP, bringing engineering judgment to prioritization discussions.
• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into automated, continuously enforced controls through direct implementation.
• Build and maintain software supply-chain security tooling, including SAST, DAST, and secure CI/CD pipeline patterns.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product Engineering teams to implement solutions for cross-functional risk and governance problems.
• Clearly communicate technical approach, tradeoffs, and risks in design docs and team discussions.
• Promote, 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.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong programming/coding and design fundamentals (Golang, Python or similar).
• Deep hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM systems, threat models, and mitigations.
• Experience designing and operating highly reliable, scalable distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is $154,700—$260,000 USD. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions.