Senior Director, Software Engineering

In this role, you will: Drive the vision, roadmap and priorities for Samsara s Platform 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.