Manager, Software Engineering

About the role:

The Platform Reports team focuses on building a highly scalable, low-latency reporting framework that enables Samsara’s internal teams to deliver powerful analytics and insights to our customers. This framework also empowers customers to customize and tailor this information to meet their specific needs. As an Engineering Manager for the Reporting team at Samsara, you will oversee efforts to develop impactful features for both current and future customers. You’ll play a critical role in standardizing and streamlining how Samsara teams transform data into meaningful analytics, while also enhancing users’ ability to leverage valuable insights through intuitive and powerful interfaces. In this role, you’ll grow and develop your team, define roadmaps and project plans, and collaborate with your engineers to drive the evolution of next-generation technology across our platform.

We use Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.
This role is open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Area and NYC Metro Area. The role is based in North America but may require collaboration with teams in the EMEA region. This includes occasional participation in meetings scheduled between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM Central European Time (9:00 AM–11:00 AM EST).

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.

In this role, you will: 

• Develop and promote a high-productivity environment that enables engineers to excel and deliver their best work.
• Create and drive the execution of a strategic roadmap for Samsara’s Platform, partnering with senior management and cross-functional teams.
• Steer our technical strategy by working closely with senior engineers.
• Hire and develop exceptional engineering talent.
• 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 expand and scale our mobile presence (more apps across more geographies).
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Demonstrated success in managing high-performing teams.
• Experience building scalable, mission-critical SaaS applications.
• Experience operating, maintaining, and improving upon large scale application services.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment.
• Strong track record of delivering products and features that customers love.
• Proven record of attracting top-talent and coaching the team.
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering work experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience.

An ideal candidate also has:

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing data pipelines.
• Proven experience in developing and enhancing core platform components.