Samsara

Senior Manager, Application Security

Samsara

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $165,200 - $265,500 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudGoIoT

About the role

  • Manage and grow the Application Security, Vulnerability Management, and Security Assessment teams.
  • Define and deliver Samsara’s application security strategy, ensuring secure-by-default practices across cloud and firmware environments.
  • Serve as a technical leader, particularly in Go security practices, while empowering engineering teams with scalable and efficient controls.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
  • Drive execution of key initiatives: bug bounty and responsible disclosure programs; threat modeling for critical features and infrastructure; SAST/SCA pipelines and developer tooling for secure code; vulnerability management workflows and remediation programs; security reviews of product infrastructure, internal systems, and corporate applications.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in security engineering, with at least 3+ years as a direct people manager leading engineering or security teams.
  • Strong track record of building and scaling Application Security programs in SaaS environments.
  • Deep technical expertise (highly proficient) in Go and modern application stacks.
  • Hands-on experience with SAST/SCA tools (e.g., Semgrep, CodeQL, Snyk) and CI/CD integrations.
  • Demonstrated success leading vulnerability management programs from detection through remediation.
  • Proven ability to run and act on threat modeling exercises.
  • The ability to mentor senior engineers and grow future technical leaders.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing at senior leadership levels.