Senior Manager, Data Platform

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data for actionable insights. Samsara's products include Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring.

The Samsara Data Platform team owns and develops the analytic platform across Samsara. As a Senior Manager of Data Platform, you will build and lead teams that maintain the data lake and surrounding infrastructure, and meet new business needs including platform expansion, privacy and security, and customer-facing feature developments.

• Lead a team of data-focused engineers to build and maintain a stable, scalable, and modern data platform capable of handling petabytes of data.
• Drive long-term planning and establish scalable processes for execution.
• Contribute to building the data roadmap, including being a thought leader in AI transformation.
• Stay connected to novel technological developments that suit Samsara's needs.
• Champion and embed Samsara's cultural principles.
• Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing international team.

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or other related technical degree.
• 5+ years of technical people management experience.
• 8+ years of relevant technical experience with data infrastructure.
• Experience building and deploying large-scale data platform systems with feedback loops for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable leading infrastructure development in collaboration with cross-functional teams, scientists, and researchers.
• A solid understanding of agentic development practices.

• MS or PhD in Computer Science or other technical degree.
• Experience with state-of-the-art data platform technologies such as AWS (S3, RDS, SQS, DMS, Dynamo), Spark (must), Flink, Trino/Presto (plus).
• Data lake file formats such as Delta, Hudi, or Iceberg.
• Python/Scala.
• Container-based orchestration services such as Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate.
• Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Go is a plus.
• Data orchestration system experience is a plus (e.g., Airflow, Dagster).

Annual base salary range: $172,550—$290,000 USD. Eligible for initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refresh opportunities. Total rewards include performance-based bonus/variable pay, equity, professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and a flexible, employee-led remote model.

Remote - US, but not eligible in the San Francisco Bay Metro Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area.

Apply via the Samsara careers page for this role.