Job Description
The role involves leading the frontend engineering team at Samsara, focusing on improving developer experience, scaling shared tooling, and shaping the technical architecture of the company's web applications to support large-scale IoT solutions across various industries.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead high-impact technical projects to improve frontend developer productivity, such as build performance, test infrastructure, or CI pipelines.
- Collaborate with engineers to scale shared tooling, enforce consistency, and drive adoption of platform improvements.
- Define the long-term vision and roadmap for frontend development in partnership with engineering leadership.
- Mentor engineers and influence technical standards, patterns, and best practices across the frontend organization.
- Ensure the reliability and quality of frontend components and systems.
- Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, high-performing engineering team.
Requirements
- 8 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years leading web development teams.
- Strong knowledge of web architecture patterns with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
- Deep experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, particularly React, and strong proficiency in TypeScript.
- Understanding of functional and component-based architecture, state management (e.g., Redux), and performance optimizations.
- Strong knowledge of CSS, including component libraries (e.g., Material UI) to deliver consistent and scalable design systems.
- Familiarity with GraphQL for efficient data fetching and API design, with a working knowledge of integrating GraphQL in web environments.
- Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and monitoring tools to ensure high-quality releases.
- Proven ability to build and scale diverse engineering teams, and a track record of delivering successful, large-scale web applications in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
- At least 5 years of experience in SaaS software development roles.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with best practices around testing, monitoring, and SLAs to ensure high product quality in large-scale distributed web services.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive total compensation package including base salary, bonus, and equity (RSUs)
Remote and flexible working arrangements
Health benefits
Opportunities for career growth and development
Inclusive work environment with accommodations for disabilities
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