Samsara: AI Engineering Manager — Bengaluru - BLR1

About Samsara

Samsara provides connected operations software for physical businesses. Its platform connects vehicles, equipment and sites through IoT devices such as cameras, sensors and gateways, giving transport, construction and other operators real-time telemetry on vehicle fleets, safety events and other assets. AI-assisted video and workflow applications support fleet safety and compliance reporting, and its employer feed lists engineering, account management and support roles.

The position and its setting

Samsara lists AI Engineering Manager in Bengaluru - BLR1, under reference 8020028. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Business Systems
• Employer listing date: 7 July 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• Samsara's Go-To-Market Systems team is building the AI-first infrastructure that powers how one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS companies sells
• As Engineering Manager, GTM AI Engineering, you'll lead a team of senior engineers who build and operate the AI orchestration engines, Salesforce/CRM/PRM integrations, and agentic workflows that keep our global sales organization moving
• You'll partner closely with Sales Ops, BizTech, Finance, and GTM leadership to translate business ambitions into reliable, scalable engineering roadmaps
• You'll report to the Sr
• Director, Sales Technology Engineering, and serve as the technical and people lead for a team of 4–7 engineers
• You'll set the standard — for code quality, architectural thinking, on-call discipline, and how the team shows up in cross-functional conversations
• YOU SHOULD APPLY IF
• You thrive at the intersection of hands-on technical leadership and people management — you're equally comfortable in a design review and a 1:1 conversation about career growth
• You believe great managers unblock their teams by being technically credible, not by staying out of the code
• You've built and shipped production AI systems and know what it takes to take an agentic workflow from prototype to enterprise reliability
• You're energized by ambiguity — you can take a fuzzy business need from a VP of Sales and turn it into a concrete engineering roadmap
• You care about building an inclusive, high-trust team where engineers grow and do the best work of their careers
• IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL
• Lead, hire, and develop a team of 4–7 senior engineers across the full GTM AI systems stack — setting a high bar for technical excellence, collaboration, and delivery
• Stay hands-on: contribute to system architecture, participate in code and design reviews, pair with engineers on complex problems, and own critical technical decisions for the team's most impactful systems
• Own the engineering roadmap for GTM AI systems — partnering with Sales Ops, BizTech, Finance, Legal, and GTM leadership to set priorities, define milestones, and communicate progress

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an engineering management or tech lead role with direct reports
• Technical depth in Python (production services, async processing, LLM integration) and TypeScript/JavaScript (React, Node.js)
• Hands-on Salesforce platform
• REST/Bulk/Streaming APIs, SOQL, CPQ/Steelbrick, platform events, and flow automation
• AWS expertise: Lambda, SQS/SNS/EventBridge, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, CloudWatch, IAM, and multi-account patterns
• Experience building and deploying LLM-powered systems using OpenAI API, Anthropic API, LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent agentic frameworks
• Lead multi-engineer technical efforts: writing design docs, running design reviews, and defining engineering standards
• Track record of effective people management: hiring, performance development, and building inclusive team culture
• Cross-functional communication skills — able to translate engineering decisions to non-technical business stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• AN IDEAL CANDIDATE ALSO HAS
• Experience designing and operating low-code automation platforms (Workato, MuleSoft, Salesforce Flow) alongside custom-built agentic systems
• Background in GTM engineering, RevOps tooling, or sales technology platform development in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment
• Familiarity: MCP (Model Context Protocol) or custom tool/function-calling patterns in production agentic systems
• AWS certifications: Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional
• Experience operating in GovRAMP or FedRAMP-adjacent environments
• Prior experience scaling an engineering team through a period of significant organizational or technical growth
• #LI-hybrid

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Advertised location: Bengaluru - BLR1

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving
• We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders
• Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company
• We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above-market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time
• Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more
• If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here
• Flexible Working
• At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams
• Our offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements
• For certain positions, being close to one of our offices or within a specific geographic area is important to facilitate collaboration, access to resources, or alignment with our service regions
• In these cases, the job description will clearly indicate any working location requirements
• Our goal is to ensure that all members of our team can contribute effectively, whether they are working on-site, in a hybrid model, or fully remotely

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How to apply to Samsara

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Relevant skills

• Python
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• AWS
• MCP
• REST APIs
• APIs
• AI/ML
• LLMs
• Salesforce
• React
• Node.js
• AI