Senior Software Engineer II, Route Planning

About the role:

Our customers are faced with a constant stream of decisions every day to meet the commitments they have made to their own customers: which orders need to be delivered when, which driver is equipped to drive which truck, and how to balance delivering every order against fleet utilization and the profitability of their business..

As an engineer on the Route Planning team, you might work on a product that helps customers recover efficiency in their plans that has degraded with the addition of new customers or deal with the sudden influx of orders on the day of delivery. You will also help measure efficiency of the plans across our Routing products, including route execution and commercial navigation.

We are a rapidly scaling team that has found product market fit and is expanding to new verticals. We are looking for someone who will help us shape and build the next generation of Route Planning products

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US and Canada. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

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.

In this role, you will:

• Design and build features end to end, from frontend to backend, that work across our diverse customer base, from grocery delivery to oil and gas
• Leverage AI with strong judgement, knowing when to build a prototype to unblock a stalled customer deal or accelerate a refactor that reduces risk of incidents in our products
• Partner with the engineering manager and staff engineers to advocate for technical excellence on the team
• Work with the product manager and designer to build interfaces and APIs that make a planner’s work more efficient
• Mentor junior engineers on the team and help build a strong technical bench

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Demonstrated ability executing in ambiguous environments
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal navigating conversations with a technical audience or a customer

An ideal candidate also has:

• Proven experience shaping and improving routing and navigation products
• A passion for mentoring and helping junior engineers grow
• A track record of thriving in 0→1 teams and scaling them through the post–startup phase
• Experience operating as a tech lead or in a similar technical role directly impacting output of other engineers.
• Willingness to engage directly with customers when needed