Manager, Software Engineering

Summary

Join Samsara, a pioneer in the Connected Operations™ Cloud, and lead the technical direction of our Frontend Architecture and Developer Experience. As an Engineering Manager, you will build and maintain infrastructure, tools, and workflows that empower hundreds of engineers. You’ll collaborate across the engineering organization, identify and eliminate development friction, and drive best practices. You’ll also define the long-term vision for frontend engineering, mentor engineers, and contribute to technical strategy. This remote position is open to US-based candidates and offers the chance to impact global industries by building scalable, high-quality software. You will lead a team, hire new members, and ensure high performance. The role requires significant experience in software engineering and web development.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years leading web development teams
• Software Architecture: Strong knowledge of web architecture patterns with a focus on scalability and maintainability
• Frontend Development Expertise: Deep experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, particularly React, and strong proficiency in TypeScript. Understanding of functional and component-based architecture, state management (e.g., Redux), and performance optimizations
• Styling and UI Frameworks: Strong knowledge of CSS, including component libraries (e.g., Material UI) to deliver consistent and scalable design systems
• GraphQL: Familiarity in using GraphQL for efficient data fetching and API design, with a working knowledge of integrating GraphQL in web environments
• DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and monitoring tools to ensure high-quality releases

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact technical projects that improve frontend developer productivity, such as build performance, test infrastructure, or CI pipelines
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to scale shared tooling, enforce consistency, and drive adoption of platform improvements
• Define the long-term vision and roadmap for frontend in partnership with engineering leadership
• Mentor engineers and influence technical standards, patterns, and best practices across the frontend org
• Set a high-standard for the reliability of your components
• 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
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to build and scale diverse engineering teams, and a track record of delivering successful, large-scale web applications in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively
• A customer-focused mindset and good product sense
• 5+ years of experience in SaaS software development roles
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with best practices around testing, monitoring, and SLAs to ensure high product quality in large-scale distributed web services

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Remote and flexible working