Senior Algorithm Engineer

Samsara

full-time

Posted on: 9/20/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $150,238 - $252,500 per year

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About the role

Design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge heuristics and metaheuristics to solve complex NP-Hard optimization problems in production systems
Focus on route optimization, vehicle routing problems (VRP), and the traveling salesman problem (TSP)
Collaborate with stakeholders to extract and formalize requirements, transforming business needs into precise mathematical formulations and technical specifications
Write high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code in languages such as Go, Java or C++
Contribute to the design and architecture of large-scale, high-performance backend systems
Act as a force multiplier within the team by contributing to technical design discussions and mentoring other engineers
Bring a customer-focused mindset to development, ensuring technical solutions translate into better customer outcomes
Champion 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)

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of relevant industry experience in software development
Experience designing and implementing heuristics and metaheuristics for solving NP-Hard problems in production systems
Proficiency in code development in a corporate environment with languages such as Go, Java or C++
Demonstrated ability to extract formal requirements (e.g., a mathematical formulation) from stakeholder requirements
Strong understanding of algorithm design, data structures, and computational complexity
Experience with designing and architecting large, high-scale backend systems
Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing principles
Ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work in the specified work location (US residency required)
Preferred: Masters or PhD with 5+ years of experience
Preferred: Proven experience with Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) related challenges
Preferred: Experience with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Preferred: Strong product mindset and bias towards delivering incremental value to customers