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Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI

Samsara· Safety AI
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RemoteCA$170.4k - CA$234.3kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Staff Machine Learning Engineer focused on edge AI at Samsara, working with petabyte-scale sensor, diagnostic, video, and text data to develop end-to-end AI solutions and core ML infrastructure, collaborating with ML engineers, scientists, firmware and full-stack teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and implementation of critical AI product initiatives on Edge devices.
  • Develop both tactical AI solutions as well as more strategic and longer term research.
  • Work with petabyte-scale data from customer operations including text, transactions, diagnostics, sensor, camera, and location data.
  • Partner across business units to explore and prototype new AI experiences and optimize the ML model performance on edge devices.
  • Stay connected to industry and academic research and adopt novel technology that suits Samsara’s needs.
  • Champion, role 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

Qualifications

  • 8+ years experience as a Machine Learning Engineer.
  • Profound experience in optimizing ML models and systems for Edge compute constraints.
  • Coding in python or similar.
  • Coding in C++ or Rust.
  • Strong functional knowledge of the iterative machine learning product development process.
  • Experienced in developing and shipping production code at large scale.
  • Ability to distill informal or ambiguous customer and business requirements into crisp problem definitions.
  • Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing to technical peers and leadership teams with various levels of technical knowledge.
  • Experience coaching and mentoring ML Engineers.

Skills

Required:Edge AI optimizationPythonC++ or RustML product developmentProduction code shippingCommunicationMentorship

Benefits

  • Annual Base Salary CAD 170,400—234,300.
  • RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance.
  • Total rewards including base salary, bonus/variable pay, and equity where eligible.
  • Flexible, remote-friendly working model; health and parental leave plans; development stipend.
Last updated Oct 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Samsara

Samsara | The Connected Operations Platform

Samsara's connected operations platform helps 20,000+ operations improve safety, cut costs, and run smarter — built with operators.

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