Remote Engineering Manager, Core Infrastructure

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 155,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

the company seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Core Infrastructure team that underpins our platform. You will guide strategy for compute, networking, storage, and cloud systems, and elevate reliability and efficiency across products.

You’ll manage a globally distributed team, partner with engineering and security leaders, and enable product teams with automation and self-service capabilities. This role is remote for US residents.

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.
• A strong technical background in production infrastructure, cloud platforms, or distributed systems at scale.
• A 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, establishing clear ownership, and creating leverage through senior ICs and technical leads.
• Own technical strategy and translate it into an integrated roadmap across compute, networking, storage, infrastructure control planes, reliability, and cloud efficiency.
• Improve operational health by strengthening capacity management, failure isolation, observability, safe rollouts, incident learning, and sustainable on-call practices.
• Build paved paths, automation, and self-service infrastructure that help engineering teams move faster, safely, and reliably.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and workflows thoughtfully to improve engineering execution, operational analysis, and toil reduction.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Communication

Strategy & planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

the company seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Core Infrastructure team that underpins our platform. You will guide strategy for compute, networking, storage, and cloud systems, and elevate reliability and efficiency across products.

You’ll manage a globally distributed team, partner with engineering and security leaders, and enable product teams with automation and self-service capabilities. This role is remote for US residents.