Senior Software Engineer - Video Platform

About the role:

The Media Platform team owns the high-volume media processing, storage, and streaming services that enable our core media experiences. With 70 million minutes of video ingested annually, our platform provides a scalable, efficient and high-quality media viewing experience. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in software engineering, excellent communication skills, and a passion for working in a collaborative environment alongside a team of expert engineers.

This is a remote role open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Metro Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area.    

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: 

• Drive technology choices, implement core components, and establish architectural patterns that have a lasting impact on Samsara's media-based products.
• Collaborate closely with full-stack engineering teams to provide expert guidance on media-specific challenges and influence the direction platform, product, and engineering culture.
• Lead teams in delivering infrastructure and capabilities that contribute significantly to Samsara’s growth and revenue.
• Solve complex technical problems, ensuring products reach the market quickly and with high quality, while maintaining a platform-first approach.
• Mentor junior developers, fostering their growth and elevating the overall capabilities of the team.
• Act as a multiplier for the team, enhancing the impact and output of every team member, and advancing Samsara’s culture of technical excellence.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 8+ years of experience working professionally with modern development practices.
• Mastery of full-stack enterprise architecture with a strong emphasis on media technologies (h.265/264, ffmpeg).
• Experience designing and architecting large, high-scale media systems.
• Should be a quick learner and operate with minimum supervision.
• A focus on and desire to mentor fellow engineers.
• An ability to estimate, communicate, and deliver upon project milestones with your team.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Expertise in using backend and frontend technologies to build seamless, high-performance media applications.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills for effective teamwork and project collaboration.
• Enthusiastic and committed to innovating in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment.