Senior Software & ML Engineering Manager New Products
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About the role:
As Senior Software & ML Engineering Manager New Products youll lead a small high-calibre team (starting 10 SWE/ML engineers with clear scope to grow) building a new approach to how Samsara turns telematics data into action. The mission: detect anomalies across vast fleets theft misuse suspicious stops GPS jamming emerging risk patterns and surface the right incidents to the right operators fast with clear workflows to move from signal to resolution.
This is a 0-to-1 leadership role with real visibility and real-world impact. Youll partner closely with Product Firmware and Design to ship end-to-end capabilities across hardware firmware and cloud software building intelligent detection (ML heuristics) real-time alerting and an operator-friendly incident experience at scale.
In this role you will:
- Recruit hire mentor and grow an inclusive high-performing team of software and ML engineers.
- Turn ambiguous new product bets into a clear roadmap technical strategy and shipped customer value.
- Build systems that analyse large-scale telematics data and detect anomalies across fleets not just per-vehicle troubleshooting.
- Lead delivery of end-to-end security and incident workflows from detection to investigation to resolution.
- Guide the team in applying ML and modern AI techniques (including LLMs where they add leverage) to create differentiated capabilities.
- Partner deeply with Product Design Firmware and Data Science to deliver cohesive experiences across the stack.
- Champion engineering excellence: architecture quality reliability and thoughtful scoping while keeping velocity high.
- Keep the team close to customers: rapid prototyping direct feedback loops and outcome-driven iteration.
- 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.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- 6 years of formal people management experience in a product-driven engineering environment including managing managers.
- Degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
- Strong technical judgement and curiosity youre willing to dive into complex systems and messy real-world data.
- Clear confident communicator who builds trust across engineering product and cross-functional partners.
- Passion for developing engineers and building a team culture that raises the bar.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Experience thriving in ambiguity startup DNA in a high-growth environment.
- Hands-on ML experience (building with deploying or fine-tuning models) and the ability to guide ML work pragmatically.
- Strong understanding of the data lifecycle and how to maintain integrity across distributed systems without creating silos.
- Track record of shipping and scaling products used by large customer bases.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Data Center Experience
- ArcGIS
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Construction Estimating
- Go
- Mathcad
- React
- Redux
- AWS
- Software Development
- Auto Estimating
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Publicly traded company [NYSE: IOT] offering a single platform for fleet operations at scale. Products include real-time GPS, ELD, AI-powered dash cams, telematics, maintenance, routing, & driver app. Recognized by the Forbes Cloud 100.
