Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Governance Platform
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SamsaraConnected Operations Cloud
USFull-TimeStaff
Salary154800 - 212850 CAD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonGCPGoCI/CDTerraformDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building and operating cloud platforms at scale
- Deep hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar)
- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM systems, threat models, and mitigations
- Proven track record of leading large technical initiatives with cross-team impact
- Experience designing and operating highly reliable, scalable distributed systems
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority
- 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
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and architecture of Samsara’s Cloud Governance Platform, spanning cloud IAM, security controls, compliance enforcement, and software supply-chain security
- Define and own the roadmap and long-term vision for governance and security platforms across AWS and GCP
- Drive compliance through engineering, translating regulatory frameworks into automated, continuously enforced controls
- Own software supply-chain security initiatives, including SAST, DAST, and secure CI/CD patterns
- Partner with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product Engineering to solve complex, cross-functional risk and governance challenges
- Mentor engineers across teams and contribute to a strong engineering culture through technical guidance and example
- Communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Champion and embed Samsara’s cultural principles as the organization scales
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