Manager, Software Engineering

About the role:

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager with a passion for Frontend developer experience to help lead the technical direction of our Frontend Architecture and Developer Experience. This team builds and maintains the infrastructure, tools, and workflows that power frontend development at Samsara—enabling hundreds of engineers to build, test, and ship high-quality software quickly and reliably.

As a technical leader, you’ll work across the engineering org to identify and eliminate friction in the development lifecycle, drive adoption of best practices, and architect scalable solutions for shared problems. You’ll help shape the future of frontend engineering at Samsara through hands-on work, mentorship, and long-term technical strategy.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US. 

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: 

• 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.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 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.

An ideal candidate also has:

• 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.

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