Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Platform

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.

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.

• As an Engineering Manager for the Mobile Platform Features team, you will: Oversee a critical function focused on delivering high-impact, customer-facing features for our Driver and Fleet applications. You'll manage a team dedicated to rapid iteration and direct user experience enhancements, collaborating closely with product and design to bring our vision to life.
• Drive Feature Delivery: Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of core client-facing features for our mobile applications, enhancing the direct user experience for drivers and fleet managers.
• Manage and Mentor: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented mobile engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Own Product Roadmap Execution: Partner closely with product managers and designers to translate high-level requirements into clear technical roadmaps, ensuring timely and high-quality feature releases.
• Ensure Quality and Performance: Oversee the team's adherence to best practices in code quality, testing, accessibility, and performance optimization for all delivered features.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Facilitate seamless collaboration with backend engineering, QA, and other stakeholders to ensure cohesive and integrated solutions.
• Lead Technical Strategy: Guide architectural discussions and coach your engineers to set the technical direction for feature development, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• 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.

• 8+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years of hands-on mobile development.
• 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, with a proven track record of growing and mentoring individual contributors.
• Demonstrated experience delivering technical projects with multiple engineering contributors from conception to delivery.
• Deep knowledge of React Native as a mobile-first framework, including its architecture, native components, and limitations.
• Proven experience with native mobile development (Swift/Objective-C and Kotlin/Java) and deep expertise in bridging React Native with native code.
• Proficiency in using GraphQL and Redux for efficient data fetching and state management.
• Solid testing and debugging skills in a mobile context, including experience writing unit and integration tests.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, performance, and platform APIs.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality mobile features.

• Experience managing teams delivering B2B or enterprise mobile applications.
• Background in native mobile development (Swift/Objective-C and Kotlin/Java), including creating native modules or bridging React Native with native iOS and Android code.
• Hands-on experience ensuring mobile app accessibility compliance.
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and test automation.
• Experience working with microservices.
• Domain experience in logistics, fleet management, or industrial IoT, especially building mobile apps for drivers or field workers.