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What they do

Samsara makes the Connected Operations Cloud. Organizations with physical operations use it to turn data from connected devices, called the Internet of Things (IoT), into insights. Its customers work in agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing. Products include video-based safety, vehicle tracking, driver workflows, and equipment monitoring. Samsara is a public company.

What they value

• Focus on customer success: check that the work leads to better results for customers.
• Build for the long term, and own the outcome.
• Adopt a growth mindset: learn on the go across many technologies, problems, and customers.
• Be inclusive: give everyone equal opportunity at work.
• Win as a team: help each other by sharing what works best.

Where they hire

Most Postings are remote: 209 of 248, mostly in the US, and 29 in Canada. A few are remote in Mexico, Poland, Germany, and France. Hybrid roles in Atlanta, Phoenix, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, and Mexico City ask for set office days. Some sales roles name the states you must live in. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

Sales and customer roles are the largest group. Engineering and security are next.

• Customer success: consultants who set up the product, and managers who then work closely with large and public sector customers. This is the largest department, with 46 Postings.
• Sales: account executives for small, mid-sized, large, and public sector customers in US regions, Canada, the UK, France, and Mexico. Also specialist sellers and account development representatives, who find new sales leads.
• Sales engineering: engineers who bring technical knowledge to sales, for each US region and customer size.
• Platform: software engineers for shared systems, the data platform, tools for developers, and an AI platform that understands a customer's operations and takes action, some remote in Poland.
• IT security: engineers who secure Samsara's software, run day-to-day security, and find threats against Samsara and its customers.
• Safety AI and safety: machine learning engineers, applied scientists, and software engineers. Some build AI models that run on devices in trucks, vans, and heavy equipment, such as AI dash cameras.
• Also firmware (software built into devices), telematics, maps, business systems, finance, and legal roles, plus internships and co-ops (paid work terms for students).

What they look for

Most Postings list minimum requirements and what an ideal candidate also has. Software engineers need 4+ years of building software in real use. The data platform role asks for Apache Spark, a tool for processing large data, Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, and Go, Python, Scala, or Java. Staff roles ask for 8 to 10+ years. The staff application security role asks for Go, Python, JavaScript, and AWS. Roles for AI on devices ask for Python and C++ or Rust. Some engineering Postings ask for wide use of AI in daily work. Sales engineers need a bachelor's degree and 5+ years in technical roles that support sales or customers. Customer success managers need 4+ years and a bachelor's degree. Mid-market account executives need 2+ years of closing sales. Account development representatives make 50 calls a day to people who do not expect them. The second-level role asks for students or graduates of the past year.