Manager II, Software Engineering, Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate a globally distributed Core Infrastructure team.

• Enhance team performance and establish defined ownership across vital infrastructure domains.

• Own the technical strategy and convert it into a cohesive roadmap encompassing compute, networking, storage, infrastructure control planes, reliability, and cloud efficiency.

• Enhance operational health through capacity management, failure isolation, observability, safe rollouts, incident learning, and sustainable on-call practices.

• Develop paved paths, automation, and self-service infrastructure solutions.

• Utilize AI-enabled tools and workflows to improve engineering execution, operational analysis, and minimize toil.

• Advocate for and integrate Samsara’s cultural principles.

• Recruit, nurture, and lead a diverse, engaged, high-performing team.

• Partner with engineering and security leaders across Samsara to facilitate company growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 8 years of pertinent software engineering experience.

• At least 2 years of direct management experience with software or infrastructure engineers.

• Proven experience in leading, developing, and enhancing the performance of an established engineering team.

• Strong technical expertise in production infrastructure, cloud platforms, or large-scale distributed systems.

• A successful history of steering complex technical initiatives and converting strategy into measurable outcomes.

• Excellent communication skills and sound technical judgment.

• Ability to foster alignment across various teams.

• Experience overseeing infrastructure for large-scale cloud or distributed platforms.

• Familiarity with multi-region public cloud, container orchestration, and declarative infrastructure.

• Experience in leading significant modernization, reliability, disaster recovery, or cloud efficiency projects.

• Experience managing globally distributed teams.

• Practical knowledge of AI-enabled tools to enhance engineering effectiveness.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff.

• Continuous equity refresh opportunities linked to performance.

• Performance-based bonus or variable pay.

• Above-market total compensation.

• Flexible, employee-driven remote work model.

• Professional development stipend.

• Comprehensive health plans.

• Parental leave plans.

• Flexible working model.

• Access to offices for those who prefer in-person work.