Senior Software Engineer II - IAM

Role Description

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

• 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.
• Share technical knowledge with teammates through code reviews, pairing, and day-to-day collaboration.
• Clearly communicate technical approach, tradeoffs, and risks in design docs and team discussions.
• 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

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Strong judgment in balancing developer experience, platform adoption, and enforcement of security controls.