Job Description

About the role:As an Engineering Manager at Samsara, you will lead teams to develop features that have a tangible impact on active and future customers. You'll hire and develop your team, define project plans and roadmaps, and work with your engineers to define next-generation technology across our Safety products.This is a remote position open to candidates residing in Canada. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.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 unsupervised effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we're all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win-together.

• Lead teams in delivering products and capabilities that contribute to Samsara's products and revenue.
• Manage a team of engineers, ensuring alignment with business objectives and optimizing team productivity.
• Manage a team of engineers on our Video-Safety products, solving complex technical problems, guiding architectural decisions, improving quality, and owning key aspects of our tech stack.
• Ensure long-term scalability by driving key architectural outcomes and overseeing technical solutions that support both immediate needs and future growth.
• Collaborate with senior management and cross-functional teams to align technical roadmaps with product and business goals, influencing broader organizational strategies.
• Foster a culture of performance and accountability by conducting regular performance reviews, addressing underperformance, and mentoring team members for growth.
• 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.

• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing teams of engineers.
• Proven expertise in developing embedded software applications
• Proven track record of applying best practices in development, testing, and deployment, with a hands-on approach to code quality and architecture reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to spearhead strategic initiatives, drive alignment across teams, and influence without direct authority.
• Strong experience in project management, managing multiple projects simultaneously using agile development methods and tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and improving release processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale changes while maintaining team productivity and engagement during transitions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience developing embedded software applications in Golang
• Experience with Atlassian tool set (e.g.; Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience with network protocols (e.g.; TCP/IP, HTTP, gRPC, etc.) and wireless technologies (e.g.; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.)
• BS and/or MS in Computer Science or related field

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