Manager II, Software Engineering

About the role

Samsara sits at the center of hardware, software, AI, and the physical world. The platform processes 25+ trillion data points annually from IoT sensors, cameras, and connected devices across thousands of organizations. We're hiring Engineering Managers who want to define what ships next by building and leading great teams. You'll manage engineers across platform and product, and we're open to shaping team scope around the right person's strengths and interests.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world. The software your team builds will have real-world stakes: helping keep the lights on, getting food into grocery stores, keeping workers safe.
• You want to build, not maintain. Samsara is in full growth mode. Your team will build new systems from scratch, not babysit old ones.
• You want to work where AI meets the physical world. Samsara has spent a decade building the largest proprietary dataset for physical operations.
• You believe customers are more than a number. Samsara engineers have rare closeness to end users and will participate in customer interviews and collaborate with product managers.
• You believe great teams are the real product. You get energy from hiring exceptional people, growing them, and creating conditions for them to do the best work of their careers.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and grow a team of engineers: hire top talent, coach and develop individuals, manage performance, and build a culture of ownership, quality, and velocity.
• Take ownership of technically complex, mission-critical areas and run with them.
• Define and drive technical strategy and roadmap for new products and platform capabilities, from backend services and APIs to the customer-facing UI.
• Guide your team to design and ship full-stack features end to end, delivering AI-powered products that solve real operational problems.
• Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams to translate ambiguous, real-world problems into clear technical plans, staffing, and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee the systems behind AI-driven products, including data ingestion, APIs, and workflows that put intelligence into the hands of operators.
• Raise the bar across engineering through design reviews, hiring standards, mentorship of senior engineers and future leaders.
• Champion and embed Samsara's cultural principles as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum 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), enough to guide architecture and review designs.
• Familiarity with modern languages and frameworks (Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, or similar).
• Demonstrated 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.