Remote Engineering Manager, Core Infrastructure

Samsara Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 155,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead the Core Infrastructure team responsible for compute, networking, storage, and cloud systems behind our platforms. You will guide strategy, drive reliability, and empower product teams with automation and self-service capabilities.

You will manage a globally distributed team, develop senior engineers, and partner with security and engineering leadership to scale infrastructure and operational health. This role is remote in the US.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong communication, technical judgment, and the ability to create alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed Core Infrastructure team, raising performance and ownership.
• Own technical strategy and translate it into a roadmap across compute, networking, storage, and cloud efficiency.
• Improve operational health with capacity management, observability, safe rollouts, and on-call practices.
• Build automation and self-service infrastructure to help engineering teams move faster and safely.
• Apply AI-enabled tools to improve engineering execution and toil reduction.
• Champion Samsara’s cultural principles as we scale globally.
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, high-performance team.

Skills

People management

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Production infrastructure

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Container orchestration

Declarative infrastructure

AI-enabled tooling

Job description

Samsara is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead the Core Infrastructure team responsible for compute, networking, storage, and cloud systems behind our platforms. You will guide strategy, drive reliability, and empower product teams with automation and self-service capabilities.

You will manage a globally distributed team, develop senior engineers, and partner with security and engineering leadership to scale infrastructure and operational health. This role is remote in the US.