About the Position

Sr Offensive AI Security Engineer II

Remote - CA

About the Role

Samsara is building a new role at the intersection of security engineering and applied AI. You'll be the most AI-forward technologist on our Application Security team. You'll use frontier AI models to find vulnerabilities across our cloud, software, and firmware before attackers do. You'll also evaluate each new model for security use and help build the guardrails for adopting AI safely. This role reports into our AppSec team and has a clear path to shape Samsara's AI security strategy.

Responsibilities

Deliver accurate, consistent security assessments of Samsara's software, code, and firmware, evaluating their resilience against AI-driven/adversarial attacks, and implementing fixes.
Create and translate general AI security findings into Samsara-specific fixes for our application security layer- including adapting techniques built for software to apply to hardware and embedded firmware.
Find both AI-specific and traditional vulnerabilities (e.g., injection, IDOR) using AI-driven offensive validation.
Build and pressure-test novel AI-enabled security tooling and workflows, then drive adoption of what proves valuable across the broader security org.
Benchmark each new frontier model against the previous one for security tasks, and build the release criteria and guardrails for adopting it.
Support AppSec vulnerability triage through an office-hours rotation, and help run our bug bounty program, with potential expansion to hardware.
Partner cross-functionally with engineering, hardware, and leadership. Present findings to security and executive leadership as Samsara's go-to expert on AI-related security risk.
Help define & drive Samsara's medium- and long-term strategy for adopting AI safely and effectively within security operations.
Use frontier AI/LLM tools (e.g., Anthropic's and OpenAI's cybersecurity-specific programs) hands-on for both offensive validation (red-teaming our own systems) and defensive tooling - required experience integrating, securing, or red-teaming AI-enabled systems (e.g., LLMs, agentic workflows, prompt injection/adversarial testing) is essential to this role.
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.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in application security, vulnerability management, threat modeling, offensive security, or a closely related discipline, with demonstrated application fix impact and influence across a large part of an organization.
- Hands-on experience building AI or agentic workflows for security use cases.
- Experience conducting technical security assessments (e.g. offensive security or validation exercises) across both software and hardware/firmware environments.
- Experience in creating solutions for secure code with engineers using languages such as GoLang.
- Experience developing AI and agentic solutions using Github, and developing within AWS cloud.
Ideal Candidate:
- Experience with AI-specific attack techniques (prompt injection, jailbreaks, model/agent abuse) for vulnerability management and application security.
- Experience building or validating security controls for agentic AI, RAG systems, or LLM-integrated platforms.
- Experience red-teaming LLM-enabled systems (prompt injection, agent abuse).
- Experience evaluating or benchmarking LLMs.
- Bug bounty platform experience (e.g., Bugcrowd).
- Experience in federal or FedRAMP-style environments.
- A track record of driving org-wide security strategy or presenting technical findings to senior/executive stakeholders.
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., OSCP, GIAC, CISSP) or AWS certifications.

We Offer

Compensation:
- Annual Base Salary: $157,675-$238,500 USD
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions.
Total Rewards:
- Flexible, employee-led remote model
- Professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- And more

About the Company

Samsara's Mission

Improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy.

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing - and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.

Flexible Working

At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams. Our offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements. Our goal is to ensure that all members of our team can contribute effectively, whether they are working on-site, in a hybrid model, or fully remotely. All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.

Belonging at Samsara

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems and want to ensure that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.

Accommodations

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Sr Offensive AI Security Engineer II

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