Sr Offensive AI Security Engineer II

Who we are:

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, 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. Samsara helps improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing.

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

About the role:

Samsara is building a new role at the intersection of security engineering and applied AI. You will be the most AI-forward technologist on our Application Security team. You will use frontier AI models to find vulnerabilities across our cloud, software, and firmware before attackers do. You will 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.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Metro Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact, helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role will not be your last at Samsara. We have built a culture that encourages rapid career development and countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You are energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver accurate, consistent security assessments of Samsara's software, code, and firmware, evaluating their resilience against AI-driven and 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 and 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.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 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 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.

An ideal candidate also has:

• 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.

Annual Base Salary:

The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is $157,675 to $238,500 USD. Base pay offered may vary depending on factors including city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions.

Total Rewards:

Samsara builds for the people who keep the global economy moving. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus or variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles). Beyond compensation, we provide a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.

Flexible Working:

Samsara embraces a flexible working model. Offices are open for those who prefer in-person work, and remote work is supported where it aligns with operational requirements. 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:

Samsara welcomes everyone regardless of 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.

Accommodations:

Samsara is committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Candidates requiring reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process can email [email protected].

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