Staff Application Security Engineer

About the Position

We are looking for a Staff Application Security Engineer to join our team at Samsara, a pioneer in the Connected Operations™ Cloud. This role is remote and open to candidates residing in the US.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, operation, and continuous improvement of Samsara's vulnerability management program.
• Own and drive down mean time to remediate (MTTR) across the vulnerability backlog.
• Build and champion automation and tooling that scale vulnerability detection and response.
• Set technical and architectural direction for the program.
• Drive remediation by building trust with engineering teams and providing clear, actionable guidance.
• Mentor and level up other engineers on secure design and remediation practices.
• Communicate risk and remediation tradeoffs to engineering leadership.
• Participate in security incident investigations involving high-profile vulnerabilities.
• Be regularly on call to support critical vulnerability response.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience as a cloud engineer or security engineer.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, and JavaScript.
• Demonstrated ability to independently set technical and architectural direction for a security program.
• Significant experience with modern vulnerability management tooling (e.g., Wiz, Semgrep).
• Deep familiarity with vulnerability scoring frameworks such as CVSS and EPSS.
• Strong AWS cloud services background.
• Deep understanding of Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Software Composition Analysis (SCA).
• Hands-on use of AI/LLM tooling in your own security workflow.

Nice to Have

• Experience with C/C++, relevant to firmware and embedded systems.
• Background at a cloud-native, AI-forward company.
• Experience with security automation platforms (e.g., Tines) and serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Experience integrating vulnerability management into modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience spanning SaaS, firmware, and corporate IT security programs.
• Experience managing vulnerabilities within a FedRAMP-certified environment.
• Experience building, extending, or wiring up AI copilots/agents for security workflows.

We Offer

• Annual Base Salary: $165,200-$295,000 USD.
• Flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams.
• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
• Professional development stipend.
• Equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company.

About the Company

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.

Join us to 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.