Director, Software Engineering - Telematics

About the role:

Samsara is looking for an experienced engineering director to lead our Vehicle Telematics product engineering team in Poland. Our Vehicle Telematics Business unit is a core business for Samsara and contributes significantly to Samsara’s revenue. This business continues to grow globally and is an area of strong investment. The product engineering group for Vehicle Telematics in Poland is responsible for our fleet security, fleet operations and core Vehicle Telematics platform functionality. The team’s scope includes external APIs, telematics onboarding etc, telematics connectivity management, engine immobilizer, panic button, vehicle inspection etc. The group is organized into a set of teams that have line managers and are composed of full stack engineers who develop software across backend, web and mobile.

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.

In this role, you will: 

• Drive the vision, roadmap and priorities for Samsara’s Telematic teams.
• Ensure high technical standards through both processes and the culture you instill.
• Mentor and grow engineering managers and staff/senior engineers.
• 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:

• 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering/development
• 7+ years of engineering management experience
• A track record of building high performing software teams 
• Willingness to dive-deep and solve challenging technical problems

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience managing managers and teams of 40+ engineers
• A customer-focused mindset and good product sense
• 5+ years of experience in SaaS software development roles
• BS in Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience with best practices around testing, monitoring, and SLAs to ensure high product quality in large-scale distributed web services