Senior Software Engineer II, Developer Experience

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Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience working professionally with modern development practices
• Strong programming/coding fundamentals in a language such as Java, Python, or Golang
• Experience designing and architecting large, high-scale systems
• A focus on and desire to mentor fellow engineers
• An ability to estimate, communicate, and deliver upon project milestones with your team
• In-depth experience working with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure or GCP
• Is adept at building and using observability tools, frameworks, and standards
• Knows their way around a UNIX shell and a Linux operating system
• Enjoys thinking about systems - their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes
• Enjoys working collaboratively with developers of different focuses (such as frontend, mobile, firmware, ML/computer vision)

Responsibilities:

• Build platform tooling for product teams to self-service and own delivery and operations of their services
• Improve the efficiency of delivering new features to production through understanding engineering pain points and friction and proposing solutions that improve productivity across many teams
• Create best practices and support systems for engineers to deliver the best customer experience in the industry
• Research and deeply understand the needs of our customers (both internal and external)
• Guide projects from concept, to ideation, to implementation, to feedback and improvements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Product, Customer Success, and Engineering stakeholders to create sustained and aligned impact
• 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