Manager, Software Engineering

Description

• Lead the Full-Stack Platform Team as Engineering Manager II to drive innovation and oversee development of customer-facing experiences and Samsara’s platform services, APIs, and frameworks.

• The platform components your team builds will empower product teams to build high-quality customer experiences efficiently. As an EM, you will partner with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, AI, and Infrastructure, to shape the technical vision and strategy for our platform. You will also ensure that our backend and frontend ecosystems are scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly.

• This is an opportunity to lead a high-impact team in a fast-paced, high-scale environment while working on cutting-edge technologies.

• This is a remote position open to candidates in the UK. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

• You should apply if: • You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

• You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries driving the world's physical operations.

• You are a life-long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.

• You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.

• You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years leading full-stack or platform teams in a fast-paced environment.

• Full-Stack Expertise: Proficiency in both frontend (React, Javascript, TypeScript, CSS) and backend (Node.js, Python, or Go) technologies, with experience designing scalable and maintainable systems.

• Platform Engineering & API Design: Strong background in building reusable services, SDKs, and APIs that serve multiple product teams, with a deep understanding of RESTful and GraphQL architectures.

• Cloud & DevOps: Experience with cloud-native architectures, containerization, and CI/CD automation to enable rapid iteration and deployment.

• Software Architecture: Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and database technologies (SQL & NoSQL).

• GraphQL: Proficient in using GraphQL for efficient data fetching and API design, with a working knowledge of integrating GraphQL in mobile and web environments.

• Performance & Security: Deep understanding of web performance optimizations, caching strategies, observability, and security best practices. An ideal candidate also has:

• Leadership Experience: A proven ability to scale and manage diverse engineering teams and foster a high-performance culture.

• Collaboration & Communication: Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering and non-engineering teams.

• Experience in SaaS & High-Scale Systems: 5+ years working in SaaS software development, especially for large-scale, high-traffic applications.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Passion for Developer Experience: Experience improving developer velocity through tooling, documentation, and platform enhancements.

Benefits

• Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more.

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