Senior Director, Software Engineering

February 27

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Samsara

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Samsara is a technology company that provides a comprehensive operations platform aimed at improving the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of organizations. Their solutions include video-based safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, workforce applications, and site visibility. Samsara serves a wide range of industries, including transportation, logistics, construction, and government. The platform connects people, systems, and data, enabling organizations to make faster, data-informed decisions. Samsara's Connected Operations technology helps complex organizations operate more effectively by offering real-time GPS, proactive alerts, compliance training, and asset tracking.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2015

🏢 Enterprise

🚗 Transport

🔐 Security

💰 Seed Round on 2014-08

📋 Description

• Samsara is hiring a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of our Workforce product lines. • These products are in their early stages, requiring a leader who thrives in 0-to-1 environments—building solutions from scratch and iterating quickly to deliver customer impact. • We need someone with a strong sense of ownership who will obsess over details and focus on outcomes. • You’ll lead a high-performing team, ship incrementally, and balance short-term speed with long-term scalability. • This role is about solving hard problems, simplifying complexity, and delivering high-quality results that meet real customer needs. • Own the technical vision, strategy, and execution for the Workforce product line. • Lead the team in building and launching new 0-to-1 products, iterating quickly and delivering measurable impact. • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers and managers across multiple locations, fostering a culture of ownership, speed, and accountability. • Work cross-functionally to develop solutions that integrate hardware and AI components into seamless customer experiences. • Make thoughtful product and engineering tradeoffs to balance speed, scope, and quality. • Communicate priorities, progress, and technical decisions clearly across teams and stakeholders. • Ensure long-term scalability and reliability as products mature, without sacrificing speed in the early stages. • Take full ownership of team outcomes, driving execution and delivering results aligned with business goals. • Champion new technologies, tools, and processes to enhance the capabilities of the different teams

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in leadership roles. • Proven success building 0-to-1 products, from concept to launch, and scaling them over time. • Experience managing managers and teams of 30+ engineers • Technical background, including a degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. • Strong technical decision-making skills, with a focus on simplicity and customer impact. • React Native: Deep expertise in using React Native for mobile app development, including complex implementations and integration with native modules. • GraphQL: Proficient in using GraphQL for efficient data fetching and API design, with a working knowledge of integrating GraphQL in mobile and web environments. • Frontend & Backend Frameworks: Experience with modern web frameworks and backend technologies • Software Architecture: Strong knowledge of mobile and web architecture patterns with a focus on scalability and maintainability. • DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and monitoring tools to ensure high-quality releases. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align teams and stakeholders at all levels.

🏖️ Benefits

• Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working • health benefits • Samsara for Good charity fund • and much, much more.