Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, enabling organizations to harness IoT data for improved operations. As a Senior Software Engineer II for the AI Platform, you will lead the design and development of core platform capabilities that support AI-driven experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and reliable systems.
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve core AI platform capabilities that enable teams to develop, run, and scale GenAI-powered applications across Samsara
- Design and implement shared execution patterns, APIs, and services that support multi-step AI workflows and system integrations
- Develop reliable, extensible backend systems that power AI-driven experiences used across the sales funnel and beyond
- Work hands-on across the stack, from backend services and execution infrastructure to integration with AI models and tooling
- Collaborate closely with AI engineers, data scientists, product partners, and sales operators to turn emerging AI use cases into production-ready platform capabilities
Skills
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience (excluding internships/contract roles), with a strong emphasis on building and operating large-scale, production backend or platform systems
- Hands-on experience building and operating GenAI-powered systems in production, including integration with large language models (LLMs) or similar AI services
- Experience designing or implementing GenAI workflows such as prompt orchestration, tool execution, routing, or multi-step reasoning pipelines
- Proven experience designing and implementing distributed systems that support multi-step execution, asynchronous workflows, and well-defined service contracts
- Strong proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or similar) and experience building reliable services with clear input/output schemas
- Expert in Python and GenAI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, OpenAI SDK, MCP, etc.)
- Familiarity with GenAI quality and safety considerations, such as validation of model outputs, structured responses, retries/fallbacks, and basic evaluation or monitoring approaches
- Strong product sense and ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
- Located in and authorized to work in the United States (this is a fully remote role)
- Experience working on AI products in a sales, go-to-market, or revenue operations context
- Familiarity with enterprise tools like Salesforce, Gong, Outreach, or similar CRM/enablement platforms
- Experience integrating with vector databases, retrieval systems, or streaming voice/chat pipelines
- A track record of leading major technical initiatives or mentoring engineers in high-growth teams
- Exposure to infrastructure considerations such as cost optimization, model evaluation, observability, and latency management
Benefits
- Flexible, employee-led remote model
- A professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- Support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements
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