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Senior Software Engineer II, Route Planning

Samsara

US · San Francisco - SF9 · USD 154,700-260,000 / year · 6+ years experience · Posted Sep 30, 2026

At a glance

Experience
6+ years experience
Location
US · San Francisco - SF9
Salary
USD 154,700-260,000 / year · Base salary

About the role

  • As an engineer on the Route Planning team, you will help build products that recover efficiency in customer plans and handle sudden influxes of orders on delivery days.
  • You will measure the efficiency of plans across routing products, including route execution and commercial navigation.
  • You will join a rapidly scaling team expanding to new verticals to shape and build the next generation of Route Planning products.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build features end to end, from frontend to backend, that work across a diverse customer base
  • Leverage AI with strong judgement, knowing when to build a prototype to unblock a stalled customer deal or accelerate a refactor
  • 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

Requirements

  • 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

Preferred qualifications

  • 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

Benefits

  • Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff
  • Ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance
  • Performance-based bonus/variable pay
  • Flexible, employee-led remote model
  • Professional development stipend
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

Workplace

  • This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US and Canada.

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