Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Reports)

About the role:

The Platform Reports team sits at the heart of our data ecosystem, with a mission to empower our customers with insights. We build and own the core platform that enables users to create custom reports and dashboards using the full breadth of their data. Internally, we act as a critical accelerator for all product teams, providing a unified integration point that makes their data instantly reportable. Our team owns the end-to-end report lifecycle—from fetching and transforming to visualizing—and we're pushing the boundaries of user experience with innovative features like our conversational AI report builder.

Samsara uses Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.

This is a remote position open to candidates in the United Kingdom. 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 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:

• Participate with senior leadership and cross-functional peers to develop a long-term roadmap and strategy for Samsara’s telematics feature sets
• Collaborate with senior engineers to drive technical strategy
• Set quarterly goals and balance product/engineering priorities for maximum impact
• Drive planning and execution on the roadmap, delivering features and infrastructure enhancements to delight customers
• 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 expand and scale our mobile presence (more apps across more geographies)
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Experience building scalable, mission-critical SaaS applications
• Experience operating, maintaining, and improving upon large scale application services
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
• Strong track record of delivering products and features that customers love
• Proven record of attracting top-talent and coaching the team
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering work experience
• 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• You speak English proficiently

An ideal candidate also has:

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• Experience building data pipelines and/or data analytics products
• Exposure to query engine optimizations