This Manager II role at Samsara leads the India IT Engineering team, focusing on process engineering and automation for mission-critical IT initiatives. Successful candidates will manage technical delivery and architecture using a stack that includes Python, JavaScript, and cloud infrastructure like AWS and GCP.
Best fit for
This role is best for a technical leader with a strong background in Python-based automation and cloud architecture who wants to build and scale an IT engineering team within a global IoT pioneer.
Skills you need for this role
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CI/CD and DevOps
Docker — Needed to containerise test environments and spin up dependencies.
AWS — Common cloud target for test infra + service integration testing.
Google Cloud — Preferred cloud at several product companies — expect infra-adjacent questions.
Terraform — Infra-as-code helps SDETs own their own test environments.
Programming languages
Python — Popular for API testing, data validation, and Playwright/Pytest suites.
JavaScript / TypeScript — Required for Playwright, Cypress, and modern front-end test tooling.
Agile / Scrum — You'll be expected to describe how you fit QA into short iterations.
Test management (Jira / Zephyr / TestRail) — Process fluency — writing test cases, tracing coverage, and reporting defects.
AI in testing — Employers increasingly ask how you use AI copilots to speed up QA work.
Job description
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Who we are</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing — and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.</span></p></div><p><strong>About the role:</strong></p> <p>In Samsara’s Business Technology Core IT team, we work to deliver awesome systems, support, and experiences that enable our teams to be as impactful as possible. As a member of the team, you’ll be in charge of owning the technology and processes that enable our people to do their best work. We are responsible for identifying, designing, implementing, and supporting the applications to create a streamlined experience for Samsarians. As a Manager, IT Engineering on the team, you will be leading the small, but growing, India IT Engineering team. This role will understand technical architecture and technical delivery of a wide variety of solutions along with process engineering & automation. You will be executing on strategic & mission-critical initiatives, technology assessments, and end-to-end solution delivery by partnering with your US IT leadership team.</p> <p><strong>You should apply if:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>You want to impact the industries that run our world:</strong> Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.</li> <li><strong>You are the architect of your own career:</strong> If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.</li> <li><strong>You’re energized by our opportunity:</strong> The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.</li> <li><strong>You want to be with the best:</strong> At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. </li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.samsara.com/blog/what-we-value-at-samsara/"><em>Click here</em></a><em> to learn about what we value at Samsara. </em></p> <h4><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Supervise a small, but growing IT engineering team in India, overseeing critical IT automation, AI and DevOps projects</li> <li>Supervise the evaluation, innovation, development & implementation, of any variety of internal SaaS Engineering automation systems/AI projects geared to produce efficiency at scale</li> <li>Provide formal performance management support and review to all direct India reports, but share dotted line day-to-day supervisory capacity with US leadership</li> <li>Serve as the domain expert on implementation, management, and support of Business technology products and IT applications</li> <li>Develop metrics and dashboards to provide business leadership with meaningful operational/performance metrics and status reports</li> <li>Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on the organization's application landscape</li> <li>Manage technical requirements gathering, technical gap analysis, and contribute to backlog grooming</li> <li>Integrate and implement best practices and DevOps methodologies in every step of the IT engineering process</li> <li>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</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum requirements for the role:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, engineering or related field</li> <li>10+ years of experience in an IT Engineering role, with at least 3+ years of managing small teams</li> <li>6+ years experience in software development and infrastructure</li> <li>Related experience in architecture, design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems, applications and major SaaS solutions</li> <li>Strong experience working with API’s in Javascript (Node.js), Python or Go</li> <li>Strong expertise in AWS and GCP cloud platforms</li> <li>Exposure to scale in a SaaS-first IT environment (Google Workspace, Okta, Slack, Zoom, Github, Zendesk, etc)</li> <li>Strong experience with Terraform</li> <li>Experience with containerization tools, including Docker </li> <li>Solid understanding of source code versioning and exposure to Git, GitHub</li> <li>Must be detail oriented, self-organized, be committed to quality and capable of tracking multiple work streams simultaneously</li> <li>Ability to work in a fast-changing, dynamic, and agile environment, including the ability to manage time and maintain an excellent work ethic</li> <li>Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations</li> </ul> <p><strong>An ideal candidate also has one or more:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Developed and managed applications in a team environment</li> <li>Experience with Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)</li> <li>Expertise with SIEM Splunk service</li> <li>Expertise in corporate networking and email infrastructure, CCNP+ knowledge</li> <li>Experience with Terraform</li> </ul> <p class="p1">#LI-hybrid<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Total Rewards</strong></p> <p>At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why <a href="https://www.samsara.com/company/careers/benefits">our rewards</a> a
1Review your experience managing high-caliber engineering teams, specifically focusing on how you transition from individual contributor tasks to technical leadership.
2Brush up on cross-cloud architecture, specifically comparing how you would deploy a Python-based automation service on AWS versus GCP.
3Prepare examples of end-to-end process automation you have architected using Docker and CI/CD tools to improve internal IT efficiency.
4Analyze your experience with Agile at scale, particularly managing remote collaboration between India and US-based leadership teams.
5Study Samsara's IoT business model to understand how their 'Connected Operations' cloud informs their internal IT and automation needs.
Likely interview questions for this role
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Q1.How do you approach designing a technical architecture for an automation solution that needs to scale across both AWS and GCP?
Q2.Can you describe a situation where you had to manage a technical delivery conflict between a local team in India and global leadership in the US?
Q3.When building IT automation tools in Python or JavaScript, how do you ensure the code is maintainable for a growing engineering team?
Q4.How have you used Docker to standardize automation environments and reduce 'it works on my machine' issues in your previous leadership roles?
Q5.Explain your strategy for identifying which manual IT processes are the best candidates for automation versus those that require process re-engineering.
The employer has not published a specific salary range for this Manager II position in Bengaluru. Compensation for leadership roles in a hyper-growth, NYSE-listed firm like Samsara typically depends on total years of experience, expertise in cloud automation (AWS/GCP), and previous management scope. To better understand the competitive landscape for IT automation managers in the India market, we recommend checking our salary guide or internal benchmarks for senior-level engineering management roles.