About the role:

Samsara is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join our growing Infrastructure Platform team. This team owns our cloud infrastructure and is responsible for the overall availability and cost efficiency of running our services. They also seek to find new ways that infrastructure investments can benefit Samsara developers (e.g. new data storage mechanisms). As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers building and operating critical infrastructure that powers Samsara’s connected operations cloud.

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.

Click here to learn about what we value at Samsara. 

In this role, you will:

• Leading the engineering team, shaping engineering culture, and providing technical guidance
• Building infrastructure to ensure the reliability of Samsara’s connected operations cloud under high loads 
• Developing tooling for product teams to self-service and own operation of their services and storage in responsive and cost-effective ways
• Creating abstractions for developers to leverage leading-edge technologies quickly and safely
• Actively contributing to building the roadmap for infrastructure at Samsara at large and influencing cloud infrastructure decisions across Samsara
• Championing, role modeling, and embedding 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
• Hiring, developing, and leading an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

Our backend is written in Golang, runs on AWS, and is deployed using Terraform, though direct experience with these technologies is not required.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Built or worked on critical production systems using AWS (preferred) or Azure/GCP
• Experience working with geo-distributed teams
• Deep knowledge of operating distributed systems at large scale and implementation best practices
• 8 years of relevant software engineering work experience
• 2 years of hands-on technical management experience
• 2 years experience in people management