Manager II, Software Engineering
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Engineering Manager leading teams building AI-powered, full-stack products for Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud. Guiding IoT software strategy, hiring, architecture, and delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow a team of engineers through hiring, coaching, development, performance management, and culture building
- Own technically complex, mission-critical areas and deliver results with autonomy
- Define and drive technical strategy and roadmaps for products and platform capabilities
- Guide end-to-end delivery of full-stack, AI-powered features across backend, frontend, and potentially mobile
- Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams to translate ambiguous problems into technical plans, staffing, and measurable outcomes
- Oversee data ingestion, APIs, and workflows behind AI-driven products
- Guide architecture and make sound technical tradeoffs
- Raise engineering standards through design reviews, hiring standards, mentorship, and quality and velocity expectations
- Champion Samsara’s cultural principles while scaling globally and across new offices
- Build software for the Connected Operations Cloud, which uses IoT data to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability in physical operations
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience in software design and development, including building and operating production systems at scale
- 3+ years of experience directly managing software engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development
- Strong technical fundamentals across backend services, APIs, and frontend (web or mobile)
- Familiarity with Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, or similar
- Experience leading cross-team or cross-org projects from inception through rollout
- Experience building or leading teams that build AI-powered or data-driven products
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives
- Must reside in the US or Canada; relocation assistance will not be provided
- Ideal: experience shipping production AI-powered features, AI-augmented development workflows, real-world operational data, managing senior engineers and managers-of-managers, and scaling teams through fast growth
Benefits:
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff
- Ongoing equity refresh opportunities tied to performance
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Flexible, employee-led remote model
- Professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health plans
- Parental leave plans
- Above-market total compensation
- Offices available for employees who prefer to work in-person
- Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process











