Description
Samsara is looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering - AI Developer Productivity (Dev Agents and SRE AI) to lead the company's AI efforts across the software development lifecycle.
The successful candidate will own two main efforts: Dev Agents, which builds in-house and integrates vendors such as Claude and Codex, and SRE AI, an agent that performs the first-line work of an on-call engineer.
The goal is to make SRE AI the first responder for every team by the end of 2027, and to increase developer productivity by reducing the time spent on manual tasks.
The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of software engineering experience, 5+ years of people management experience, and a track record of leading senior engineers.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Dev Agents and SRE AI, and decide what comes next
- Set direction and choose experiments for agent infrastructure
- Make build, integrate, and buy calls across vendors
- Drive cost per pull request down while output goes up
- Take SRE AI from two teams to every team, and build trust for automated actions
- Work directly with every R&D leader and developer
- Champion and embed Samsara's cultural principles
- Manage and grow a team of five to 10 senior engineers
Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years of people management experience
- Led a team of about six to 10 engineers
- Experience with current AI tools or agents
- BS or MS in Computer Science or another technical degree
Nice to have:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Relevant background in developer productivity, agentic AI, incident response, or on-call tooling
- Cost awareness and ability to reason about token spend and infrastructure
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