Software Engineer - Mobile Experience

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing — and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, Equipment Monitoring, and Site Visibility. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term. 

Recent awards we’ve won include:

Great Place To Work Certified™ 2023

Best Place to Work by Built In 2023

Financial Times The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2023

Deloitte Fast 500 Companies

IoT Analytics Company of the Year in 2022’s IoT Breakthrough Winners

We see a profound opportunity for data to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of operations, and hope you consider joining us on this exciting journey. 

About the role:

The Mobile Experience team is responsible for our mobile application platforms, upon which other internal teams build customer-facing features. Our team has three primary areas of ownership:

• Core mobile infrastructure like our React Native app container, build systems for iOS & Android, metrics collection, and release management tools
• App-wide user experiences like login, app settings, and navigation.
• Shared cross-app UI components and frameworks like push notifications and in-app workflows.

Apart from owning specific areas of code and infrastructure we also leverage our expertise to consult regularly with development teams across the company and help them design reliable, scalable mobile features. The mix of internal and external stakeholders means that we get to do a variety of projects that span across backend, web, and mobile - this is a truly fullstack team.

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.

Click here to learn about what we value at Samsara. 

In this role, you will:

• Propose, design, implement, and document shared components/frameworks for use across multiple applications within our ecosystem.
• Develop skills and knowledge across multiple technologies - Go, Python, GraphQL, Typescript, JavaScript, React and ReactNative are some of the components of our technology stack. Prior experience with these technologies is not required.
• Consult with and mentor other engineering teams to guide them through mobile-specific concerns as they plan and build customer-facing features.
• Ensure a top quality developer experience by improving reliability and usability of our continuous integration, metrics collection, and mobile build systems.
• Grow as an engineer - Samsara devs are constantly learning. We’re an engineering-first organiza