Senior Software Engineer II, DevEx
Samsara· Platform
Hybrid (Remote - United States)$154.7k - $260kfull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Senior Software Engineer II on the Developer Experience team focused on building AI-enabled outer-loop SDLC automation, AI-assisted CI/CD, deployment safeguards, and scalable, observable workflows to improve engineering productivity while maintaining safety and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Help scale our in-house CI/CD systems to meet the needs of a rapidly more efficient engineering organization and increasing pull-request throughput.
- Reduce tech debt using efficient AI workflows that would otherwise be cost prohibitive in a non-AI workflow.
- Design and build deployment safeguards that protect production at scale, making use of AI to monitor and fix issues.
- Build the observability, evaluation, and feedback systems used to improve our AI-driven automation.
- Serve as a thought leader for using AI to increase engineering productivity while maintaining a high bar for safety, quality, and signal over AI-generated slop.
- Redefine the outer loop of the SDLC by designing AI-native workflows that increase engineering throughput without compromising reliability.
- Push the threshold of what is possible with AI by turning emerging capabilities into safe, observable, and production-ready engineering systems.
- Partner with product engineering teams to reduce operational toil, and make safe, AI-enabled delivery practices easy to adopt across the company.
- Help keep Samsara at the cutting edge of AI-assisted software development by experimenting boldly, learning quickly, and converting successful experiments into platforms used across the company.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience designing and building products in a software engineering team
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience working on developer experience, CICD and/or platform engineering-focused teams
- Experience in building AI workflows, orchestration systems or other harnesses of AI
- Proven track record in architecting CICD systems, build and deploy platforms, and automated response workflows, Buildkite (or equivalent BYOC software)
- Proven experience working on large-scale enterprise software applications
- Experience in building and maintaining a large organization's Software Development Life Cycle (DevEx)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or the like)
- Experience in implementing AI-driven automation across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to reduce developer friction, automate repetitive technical tasks, and accelerate time-to-delivery. Routinely applies AI tools across your workflow
- Experienced at writing high-quality code (Go, Python, or equivalent) focused on infrastructure, deployment, and operations challenges
- Experienced orchestrating multiple AI agents en-mass to tackle complex (non one-off) tasks.
- Strong leadership and direction setting skills. Visionary as a tech lead. Able to set a high standard for peers, and keep it.
Skills
Required:AI-driven automationCI/CD systems designGo or Python
Benefits
- The compensation range shown spans approved pay zones for this role. Your primary work location determines the range applicable to you, which may be narrower than the full range displayed.
- Annual Base Salary: $154,700—$260,000 USD
- Total Rewards: base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company.
- Flexible Working: remote-first with optional on-site or hybrid arrangements; offices open for in-person work; relocation not provided for this role.
- Accommodations and Belonging: inclusive environment with accommodations available; commitment to authentic and fraud-free hiring process.
Last updated Oct 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Samsara
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