Manager, Software Engineering - Identity Access Management
Manager, Software Engineering - Identity Access Management
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About the role:
Samsara is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. This team is responsible for building secure standards-based authentication and authorization features across our customer-facing products. IAM is core to protecting the data and identities of our customers while enabling a seamless user experience.
This role combines technical leadership and security expertise to drive Samsaras IAM strategy at scale supporting over 2.3 million connected devices worldwide. You will drive IAM feature development ensure platform security collaborate with Product and InfoSec teams and drive compliance initiativesshaping the companys security posture while supporting critical global infrastructure.
As a manager youll guide a globally distributed team mentor engineers and own critical infrastructure that supports compliance and platform integrity. Youll also represent Samsara externally and work directly with customers when needed.
This is a remote position open to candidates based in the US.
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 impacthelping 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 worlds 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 were all racing toward our connected operations vision and we intend to wintogether.
In this role you will:
- Lead your team in driving the continual maturation of Samsaras Identity and Access Management (IAM) functionality.
- Define and shape the roadmap and long-term vision for IAM at Samsara.
- Deliver scalable secure and reliable authentication and authorization functionality for our customer-facing products.
- Solve complex security and compliance challenges with cross-functional impact.
- Collaborate with Engineering Product and Security leadership to meet key security and compliance goals.
- Build mentor and grow a high-performing inclusive and globally distributed engineering team.
- Represent Samsara in external security and industry forums.
- Communicate progress risks and strategic decisions to senior leadership.
- Champion role model and embed Samsaras 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.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
- 8 years of technical experience including 3 years managing engineers and leading high-performing teams.
- Deep subject matter expertise in authentication and authorization in multi-tenant cloud platforms.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale web services deployed on AWS Azure or similar.
- Strong debugging troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Proven ability to deliver on roadmap goals and coach top engineering talent.
- Experience defining and maintaining SLAs for critical infrastructure services.
- Solid understanding of security vulnerabilities exploits and mitigations.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across diverse cross-functional teams.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Experience building and shipping customer-facing software with a strong grasp of SDLC.
- Background in developer tools infrastructure and productivity engineering.
- Technically hands-on: can review code guide design and ensure technical excellence.
- Proven leadership managing distributed teams across geographies.
- Proficient in Golang Python or Terraform.
- Understanding of security compliance and data privacy regulations.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering and product teams.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
