Staff Software Engineer, Maps Services

US · CA · USD 162,400-290,000 / year · 4+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

Maps are part of nearly everything Samsara builds, with vehicles, routes, sites, assets, and safety workflows depending on geospatial data.
The Maps team builds the shared geospatial platform that sources, ingests, enrich, and serves map data used by product teams every day.
Samsara is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help set the technical direction for this platform across data pipelines, modeling, serving, and APIs.

Shape the technical direction of the Maps teams
Build geospatial systems and integrations that support foundational features across most Samsara products
Scale offerings to continue to support storage, query and computational load of the real-time features dependent on them
Consolidate existing team-specific geospatial solutions into scalable platform-wide offerings
Build agentic solutions that allow customers to self-serve the data they want to see how they want to see it
Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship
Partner with engineering leadership on the bets worth making, and be honest about tradeoffs
Represent Samsara externally when it makes sense through talks, open source, and community engagement with the mapping and geospatial ecosystem

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years building software, with 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
Familiarity with geospatial data formats and open mapping ecosystems, including GeoParquet, OpenStreetMap (OSM), and OSM PBF; experience ingesting, transforming, validating, or serving these datasets
Comfort working in ambiguity and getting teams aligned without needing formal authority

Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff
Ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance
Above-market total compensation through base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity
Flexible, employee-led remote model
Professional development stipend
Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

This role is remote and open to candidates based in the US.
Embraces a flexible working model that caters to diverse team needs with remote work support where it aligns with operational requirements.