Software Engineering Internship

About the Role

Samsara is seeking Software Engineering Interns to tackle high-impact engineering challenges across their connected operations platform. Interns will contribute to building backend infrastructure, scaling data systems, developing full-stack features, strengthening mobile applications, or working on embedded software for Samsara hardware. Throughout the interview process, candidates will be assessed for their past experience and interests to determine the best team fit.

Key Responsibilities

• Help build the backend infrastructure that powers the IoT platform, scaling data ingestion and storage systems.
• Work across the full stack to create user experiences that transform data into actionable insights.
• Partner closely with product and design teams to rapidly iterate on features.
• Strengthen the infrastructure behind the React Native app.
• Build and maintain software running directly on Samsara hardware, including areas like edge AI, multimedia frameworks, power management, and real-time data processing.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Engineering teams use Golang for backend development, TypeScript and React for the web client, GraphQL for data access, and React Native for mobile development.
• Direct experience with this exact stack is not required, but experience with similar technologies is strongly encouraged.
• This is a hybrid internship requiring 3 days per week in the San Francisco, CA office.
• Relocation assistance is available.
• This is a full-time, paid experience.

Qualifications

• Currently a junior-year student on track to complete a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science between Spring/Summer/Fall 2028 or Winter 2029.
• A desire to impact industries that run our world and build for scale.
• An investment in customers and their daily problems.
• Curiosity and self-drive, demonstrated through activities like hackathons or side projects.
• Ability to embrace new technology and treat learning as constant.
• A drive to tackle hard problems and own them end-to-end.
• An AI-forward approach, weaving AI into work to accelerate tasks and explore problem spaces.
• Collaboration skills, working well independently and across cross-functional teams.

Application Information

• Include your resume.
• Answer all application questions.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with cohort finalization expected by late November/early December.
• Applications officially close on November 26th at 11:59pm (ET).