Description
Samsara is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Core Infrastructure team. This team builds and operates the foundational compute, networking, storage, and cloud systems behind Samsara's products.
As a manager, you will lead a globally distributed team, develop senior engineers, and create clear ownership across critical infrastructure domains. You will guide infrastructure strategy and modernization, improve reliability and operational health, and enable product teams to move faster through automation and self-service capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed Core Infrastructure team
- Own technical strategy and translate it into an integrated roadmap
- Improve operational health by strengthening capacity management, failure isolation, and observability
- Build paved paths, automation, and self-service infrastructure
- Apply AI-enabled tools and workflows to improve engineering execution
- Champion and embed Samsara's cultural principles
- Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including 2+ years directly managing software or infrastructure engineers
- Experience leading, developing, and raising the performance of an established engineering team
- Strong technical background in production infrastructure, cloud platforms, or distributed systems at scale
- Track record of leading complex technical initiatives and translating strategy into measurable results
Nice to have:
- Experience leading infrastructure for a large-scale cloud or distributed platform
- Experience with multi-region public cloud, container orchestration, and declarative infrastructure
- Led major modernization, reliability, disaster-recovery, or cloud-efficiency initiatives
- Experience leading globally distributed teams
- Practical experience using AI-enabled tools to improve engineering effectiveness