About the role:

Samsara is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our new Safety Events team in the UK. Samsara operates one of the largest AI-enabled, connected fleets globally. In FY23, we detected 110M+ AI-based safety events and analyzed 40B+ miles worth of driving data. Video is at the core of Samsara’s Fleet Safety product. Utilizing Samsara’s GPS Fleet Tracking and AI Dash Cam hardware products, the Fleet Safety team uses real-time computer vision and sensor data to detect and alert drivers of dangerous conditions. These real-time video events enable Samsara customers to coach risky driver behaviors and recognize/reward safe driving.

Samsara’s safety event platform integrates advanced sensor data and data analytics to enable customer and driver workflows that ensure safe driving behavior. The team owns the end-to-end feature stack and builds data storage in a variety of technologies, backend services in Go, web components in React, and mobile components in React native. It collaborates closely with the Safety scoring teams to integrate new data and event detection types into coaching workflows and works with product and design partners to deeply understand customer workflows to optimize efficiency and effectiveness for Samsara’s customers.

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.

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In this role, you will:

• Participate with senior leadership and cross-functional peers to develop a long-term roadmap and strategy for Samsara’s event detection features
• Collaborate with senior engineers to drive technical strategy to expand the safety event detection platform
• Collaborate with ML/CV teams to improve model feedback loops and results
• Set quarterly goals and balance product/engineering priorities for maximum impact
• Drive planning and execution on the roadmap, delivering features and infrastructure enhancements to delight customers and other mobile developers
• 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

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Experience building scalable, mission-critical SaaS applications
• Experience operating, maintaining, and improving upon large scale application services
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
• Strong track record of delivering products and features that customers love
• Proven record of attracting top talent and coaching the team
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering work experience
• 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience

An ideal candidate also has:

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• Experience building customer-facing web applications