Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual Bonus

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

A leading IoT company is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering for the Mobile Platform team. This role involves building and leading a team focused on core mobile infrastructure, enhancing developer experience, and driving technical strategy. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience and significant leadership skills. The position is remote and presents a unique opportunity to impact industries reliant on physical operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on mobile technologies.
• 3+ years of experience managing and leading software engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical projects from conception to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Establish and grow a new team dedicated to the core mobile platform.
• Own and execute critical mobile infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive architectural discussions and coach engineers.

Skills

Mobile development

Leadership

React Native

GraphQL

Performance optimization

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Android/iOS development

Job description

Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

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This range is provided by Samsara. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $252,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus and RSUs

About the role:

At Samsara, the Mobile Platform team is at the forefront of our mobile innovation, championing developer velocity and consistency. We craft, maintain, and evolve the core frameworks and tooling that empower every engineering team to build exceptional mobile applications for our customers. Your contributions will be pivotal in shaping mobile-first experiences across the organization as we continue to expand our product offerings and innovate in service of our customers. Our responsibilities span a wide array of critical infrastructure, from reusable UX components and design systems to seamless continuous integration pipelines, insightful monitoring tools, and resilient networking and persistence layers. These foundational systems are widely adopted across diverse applications and business units, driving significant impact throughout the entire company.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US or Canada.

• 8+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on mobile technologies.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining mobile platform components, frameworks, and infrastructure in production environments.
• 3+ years of experience managing and leading software engineering teams, with a proven track record of growing and mentoring individual contributors.
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical projects focused on mobile platform improvements, from conception to delivery, with multiple engineering contributors.
• Deep knowledge of React Native internals, its architecture, and best practices for building scalable and performant mobile platforms.
• Proficiency in using GraphQL and Redux for efficient data fetching and state management.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, performance optimization techniques, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling.
• Solid testing and debugging skills in a mobile context, including experience with unit and integration tests for platform components.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with various engineering teams to deliver impactful platform improvements.

An Ideal Candidate Also Has:

• Proven experience with native mobile development (Swift/Objective-C and Kotlin/Java) and deep expertise in bridging React Native with native code.
• Strong track record of profiling and optimizing performance in large-scale mobile applications, including identifying and resolving complex performance bottlenecks at the platform level.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing advanced mobile CI/CD infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cross-platform development paradigms beyond React Native (e.g., Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform).
• Experience working with microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience on a platform team specifically serving internal engineering customers and understanding their pain points.
• Ability to align engineering with product and operations teams, translating their needs into robust platform solutions.
• Experience shipping and maintaining complex core platform features over several years.
• Domain experience in logistics, fleet management, or industrial IoT.

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:

• Build and Lead the Mobile Core Team: Establish and grow a new team dedicated to the core mobile platform, defining its culture, processes, and a clear technical roadmap for foundational components.
• Drive Core Platform Evolution: Own and execute critical mobile infrastructure initiatives, including framework and dependency upgrades, establishing robust code isolation, implementing performance enhancements, and proactively addressing technical debt across the mobile stack.
• Champion Developer Experience: Focus on improving the velocity, reliability, and usability of our internal mobile development tools, build systems, and shared platform components.
• Ensure Platform Stability and Scalability: Oversee the health, performance, and long-term scalability of the core mobile platform, preventing bottlenecks and ensuring a robust and efficient foundation for all mobile applications.
• Drive Technical Strategy and Architecture: Guide architectural discussions, coach engineers, and collaborate closely with other stakeholders to define and execute the technical vision and architecture for the mobile platform.
• Manage and Mentor: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented mobile infrastructure engineers, fostering deep technical specialization and a strong engineering culture centered on technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Serve Internal Customers: Understand the evolving needs of internal engineering teams, treating them as primary customers, and delivering cutting-edge solutions that empower their success.
• 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 scale globally and across new offices.
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team.

The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

$150,237.50—$252,500 USD

Who We Are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing — and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, Equipment Monitoring, and Site Visibility. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems and want to ensure that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.

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. Take a look at our Benefits site to learn more.

Accommodations

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email [e-mail] or click here if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.

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