Staff Software Engineer, Maps Services
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SamsaraGeospatial software
This role is remote and open to candidates based in the US.Full-TimeStaff
SalaryThe range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is $162,400 — $290,000 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years building software, with at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role; 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems; 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams
- Required Skills
- Distributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years building software.
- At least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role.
- Strong programming and design fundamentals.
- 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems.
- 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams.
- Experience with GIS technologies and spatial analysis, including PostGIS, spatial SQL, GeoPandas/Shapely, QGIS, and geospatial data validation is a plus.
- Familiarity with geospatial data formats and open mapping ecosystems, including GeoParquet, OpenStreetMap (OSM), and OSM PBF, is a plus.
- Experience ingesting, transforming, validating, or serving geospatial datasets is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Shape the technical direction of the Maps teams.
- Build geospatial systems and integrations that support foundational features across Samsara products.
- Scale storage, query, and computational capacity for real-time features.
- Consolidate team-specific geospatial solutions into scalable platform-wide offerings.
- Build agentic solutions that let customers self-serve the data they want to see.
- Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.
- Partner with engineering leadership on technical bets and tradeoffs.
- Represent Samsara externally through talks, open source, and mapping or geospatial community engagement when appropriate.
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