Senior Application Security Engineer; AI & Vulnerability

Senior Application/Product Security Engineer

We’re seeking a talented Senior Application/Product Security Engineer with hands‑on experience deploying, managing, and operating modern Vulnerability Management platforms. In this role, you’ll work alongside technical product managers and engineers across the company to maintain Samsara’s Vulnerability Management infrastructure and de‑risk software vulnerabilities to better protect our customers.

You will be responsible for leading and owning the ongoing operation and maintenance of Samsara’s vulnerability management program, ensuring consistent execution of processes, assisting in managing vulnerability scanning tools and refining detection capabilities, working closely with the Vulnerability Technical Program Manager to generate compliance reports, collaborating with engineering teams to track and support remediation of identified vulnerabilities, analyzing and triaging vulnerabilities, participating in security incident investigations related to high‑profile vulnerabilities, contributing to documentation and process improvements, championing Samsara’s cultural principles, and being regularly on call to support the infrastructure.

• Lead and own ongoing operation and maintenance of Samsara’s vulnerability management program, ensuring consistent execution of processes.
• Assist in managing vulnerability scanning tools and help refine detection capabilities to improve accuracy and reduce false positives.
• Work closely with the Vulnerability Technical Program Manager to generate and distribute monthly and quarterly compliance reports.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to track and support the remediation of identified vulnerabilities, providing guidance on best practices.
• Assist in analyzing and triaging vulnerabilities, escalating critical issues to senior security engineers or Security Operations as needed.
• Participate in security incident investigations related to high‑profile vulnerabilities, helping gather data and assess potential impact on Samsara infrastructure.
• Contribute to documentation and process improvements to streamline vulnerability management workflows.
• Champion Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) in daily work.

• 6+ years of relevant experience with demonstrated impact for security engineering and vulnerability management in an enterprise environment.
• Significant experience with vulnerability management tooling, in particular modern toolsets such as Wiz or Semgrep.
• Deep subject matter expertise with security engineering best practices for subjects such as CVSS, EPSS.
• Strong familiarity with common security vulnerabilities and the ability to judge their severity and impact on the business.
• Excellent development background with experience in Python or GoLang.
• Strong Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , or SRE background with experience in AWS cloud services, and Terraform.
• Experience using security automation platforms such as Tines and serverless frameworks such as AWS Lambda.
• Deep understanding of Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), or Software Composition Analysis (SCA).

• Practical experience managing vulnerabilities within a FedRAMP‑certified environment.
• Experience integrating vulnerability management into modern CI/CD pipelines with a "shift‑left" mentality.

Our compensation program delivers above‑market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance‑based bonus/variable pay, and equity in a high‑growth public company. In addition, we provide a flexible, employee‑led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and other benefits designed to support long‑term success.

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.

Samsara is an inclusive work environment and is committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities.