Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Samsara is a company that develops a Connected Operations Cloud platform using IoT data to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of physical operations. The Manager II, Data Platform will lead teams responsible for building and maintaining a scalable data lake and related infrastructure, while expanding the platform to support business growth, privacy and security needs, and customer-facing features.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of data-focused engineers to build and maintain a stable, scalable, and modern data platform capable of handling petabytes of data
- Help drive long-term planning and establish scalable processes for execution
- Actively contribute to building the data roadmap for Samsara, including being a thought leader in our AI transformation
- Stay connected to novel technological developments that suit Samsara’s needs
- 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 international team
Skills
- This role is open to candidates residing in the US **except** the San Francisco Bay Metro Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area
- * BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or other related technical degree
- * 2+ years of technical people management experience
- * 5+ 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.*
- * Proven track record for innovation and delivering value to customers (both internal and external)
- * Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional consensus and drive cross-team collaboration
- + AWS (S3 and RDS, SQS, DMS, Dynamo, etc.)
- + Spark a must, Flink, Trino/Presto a plus
- + Data lake file formats such as Delta, Hudi, or Iceberg
- + Python/Scala
- + Container based orchestration services such as Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate, etc
- + Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform)
- + Go is a plus
- + Data orchestration system experience is a plus (e.g., Airflow, Dagster)
Benefits
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Equity for eligible roles in a high-growth public company
- A flexible, employee-led remote model
- A professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health plans
- Parental leave plans
- Flexible working model supporting in-person, hybrid, and fully remote work where aligned with operational requirements
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