Samsara

Manager, Software Engineering – Mobile Platform

Samsara

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $154,700 - $260,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and evolve cross-platform strategy (Native vs React Native vs Compose/KMP)
  • Improve build systems, CI times, and developer productivity
  • Establish performance SLOs (launch time, page load, memory, crash-free sessions)
  • Drive architectural simplification and reduce tech fragmentation
  • Introduce AI-assisted SDLC tooling where impactful
  • Ensure mobile scalability for IoT-heavy, real-time use cases
  • Lead customer-facing feature development (e.g., messaging, fleet workflows)
  • Partner closely with Product & Design to deliver high-quality mobile experiences
  • Balance feature velocity with platform health
  • Drive disciplined engineering practices (PR reviews, testing, observability)
  • Manage ~13-14 engineers across 2 pods
  • Hire and retain high-performing mobile engineers
  • Develop senior ICs and future tech leads
  • Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical rigor
  • Coach engineers to improve system design and execution skills
  • Establish measurable KPIs: Build time; CI stability; Crash-free rate; App startup latency; Feature cycle time
  • Ensure predictable sprint delivery
  • Improve incident response and reliability practices
  • Maintain high engineering quality standards
  • Debate architecture credibly with Staff engineers
  • Know when to invest in platform vs product
  • Lead large migrations or platform rebuilds
  • Understand both developer experience and customer experience deeply

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in mobile engineering (Android/iOS)
  • 3+ years of engineering management experience
  • Deep experience in at least one native stack (Android or iOS)
  • Strong understanding of cross-platform tradeoffs
  • Experience improving performance (memory, startup, network, UI responsiveness)
  • Familiarity with modern mobile CI/CD systems
Benefits
  • health benefits
  • employee-led remote and flexible working
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
mobile engineeringAndroidiOSReact NativeComposeKMPperformance optimizationCI/CDAI-assisted SDLC toolingsystem design
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingaccountabilitytechnical rigorcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingteam managementfeature prioritizationengineering discipline