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At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

Manage a team maintaining infrastructure, Internal Development Platform, and Ripple product accessibility. The role will span overseeing the development and reliability of key infrastructural components related to compute, build, integration, deployment, secure access among others. You are someone who is acutely focused on site reliability but also has a close pulse on the internal engineering experience, and makes good tradeoffs on what to build and why. You understand how to build Internal Developer Platforms and ways to make continual progress and delivery without getting bogged down by complexity. You have good mechanisms to assess reliability, availability, latency and cost and ensure the right instrumentation is in place to enable these to be reviewed and improved. You are a force multiplier for developers and application owners in the organization.

• Lead and inspire a team of Infrastructure engineers to continuously deliver availability and reliability of Ripple products
• Have good instincts for Platform Engineering and developing Internal Developer Platforms
• Building and operating production software at internet scale
• Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed bets
• Collaborating closely with our key partners as well as engaging directly with engineering customers to understand their needs and improve their experience
• Owning, crafting, and maintaining processes and tooling for infrastructure organization, while incorporating your own tooling and processes.
• Support operations for infrastructure features and services
• Build in observability for internal infrastructure services as well as provide related observability frameworks for applications
• Minimize our mean time to resolve incidents by reacting to monitoring alerts, problems reported by employees or customers in a timely manner

• Strong familiarity with AWS tools and services
• 10+ years of total experience with 5+ years of management experience in building and leading diverse software infrastructure engineering teams.
• Experience building & operating highly reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Customer-focused curiosity, passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area, and break down complex problems
• Demonstrated experience in improving the reliability and operational automation of complex, multi-tier systems
• A strong product mindset along with experience in delivering large complex projects collaborating with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders that are technology, operations or business focused.
• Experience with monitoring systems and incident management
• Experience operating software as a service
• Experience working in the FinTech a plus
• Experience participating in incident response

For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

CA Annual Base Salary Range: $192,000 USD - $240,000 USD

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice and our California Applicant Privacy Notice for reference.

What We Do Matters

TransImpact is an industry leader in the development and application of end-to-end technology-based solutions that optimize shipping operations, create dramatic supply chain efficiencies, and transform the business performance of customers. TransImpact has been honored with multiple awards and acknowledges our employees for them.

This position can be remote or hybrid, as per policy, if located within 45 miles of either our Independence, Ohio, or Emerald Isle, North Carolina, locations. Preference for those available for work during Eastern Time zone hours.

We are consistently reviewing our benefits and making improvements to stay competitive and provide our teams with the best options and the most positive culture. Highlights include:

• 3 weeks of PTO in your first year of employment and 4 weeks of PTO in your 2nd year
• Half-day Fridays during the Summer months if your schedule allows
• Hybrid work schedule - Mondays and Fridays you can work from home if you are within 45 miles from one of our offices
• Medical, dental, and vision coverages at very affordable premiums that include family coverage
• 6% 401k match after your first year of employment, fully vested
• Free snacks, drinks, fancy coffee, a putting green, and other amenities at our offices
• Headquarters by the beach in Emerald Isle, North Carolina with a laid-back yet serious work atmosphere

TransImpact is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the development and evolution of a core segment of the company’s technology architecture. This includes driving platform-wide AI capabilities, defining integration and connector strategies, and overseeing the development of critical platform services such as authentication, performance, and security.

In this role, the Director will lead strategic change management initiatives across significant areas of the organization while fostering the growth and development of engineering teams. Success will be measured by the ability to implement strategies that enhance delivery velocity, predictability, resilience, and the overall quality of software solutions. The leader will work closely with a Product Manager to mentor and develop both individual contributors and engineering managers, cultivating high-performing teams and delivering impactful results. The Director will also serve as a visible champion for engineering excellence, clearly defining and advocating for what success looks like across the business.

• Exhibit and cultivate a continuous improvement mindset in areas of people, product, and process
• Hire, mentor, and coach a team responsible for building a robust, highly available application hosted primarily in Azure
• Work with the Product Owner to confirm, scope, and deliver application functionality in releases
• Lead the development of Sales & Operations Planning, Supply Chain Planning, or Financial Planning-based applications
• Manage projects across your team and work with them to resolve design and/or implementation issues
• Engage in project planning initiatives, fulfilling project estimation, design, systems, technical and functional architecture, and planning needs
• Lead development sprints, planning sessions, and facilitate team retrospectives
• Monitor and track status for projects, mitigate risks, and ensure delivery on time, within budget, and with high quality
• Perform other duties needed to help drive our vision and mission and support our values

• Minimum 8 years of experience with software development
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in a software development leadership-related role
• Demonstrated success leading multiple groups through indirect leadership
• Collaborative personality with phenomenal communication skills when working with cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage multiple, high-performing teams through indirect leadership
• Ability to develop independent and collaborative strategies to own accountability of group performance
• Strong technical prowess and implementation experience
• Experience leading large product engineering organizations
• Effective Servant Leadership

• You want to be part of something bigger than yourself
• You respect all people
• You are mature and thoughtful in how you express ideas; strong verbal and written communication
• You hustle daily and value urgency and owning outcomes
• You are a leader and a teambuilder
• You are goal-oriented and can influence others to move in a unified direction

We know there’s a direct link between happy employees and happy customers, which together generate success. A supportive atmosphere, emphasis on giving and humanity, and approachable leaders help employees reach their greatest potential.

We are proud of our corporate culture and commitment to giving back to the community. Employees are encouraged to engage in charity work and volunteering, with 20 hours of PTO to support communities.

Our world is changing. Our values are not. Since the beginning, TransImpact has maintained a steadfast dedication to our core values: Work Ethic, Integrity, Professionalism, Passion, and Perfection. They guide everything we do.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

TransImpact is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (EOE). Applicants will not be discriminated against for protected characteristics. TransImpact is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Wendy Bott, Human Resource Department, .

Recruiters: By submitting candidates without formal assignment on a specific job requisition, or by failing to comply with the TransImpact recruitment process, you forfeit any submitted candidates. TransImpact works with a supplier list and will engage with recruitment agencies as needed.

Requirements:

Please note this is for San Francisco, CA, United States. You only need toapply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

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At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

Manage a team maintaining infrastructure, Internal Development Platform, and Ripple product accessibility. The role will span overseeing the development and reliability of key infrastructural components related to compute, build, integration, deployment, secure access among others. You are someone who is acutely focused on site reliability but also has a close pulse on the internal engineering experience, and makes good tradeoffs on what to build and why. You understand how to build Internal Developer Platforms and ways to make continual progress and delivery without getting bogged down by complexity. You have good mechanisms to assess reliability, availability, latency and cost and ensure the right instrumentation is in place to enable these to be reviewed and improved. You are a force multiplier for developers and application owners in the organization.

• Lead and inspire a team of Infrastructure engineers to continuously deliver availability and reliability of Ripple products
• Have good instincts for Platform Engineering and developing Internal Developer Platforms
• Building and operating production software at internet scale
• Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed bets
• Collaborating closely with our key partners as well as engaging directly with engineering customers to understand their needs and improve their experience
• Owning, crafting, and maintaining processes and tooling for infrastructure organization, while incorporating your own tooling and processes.
• Support operations for infrastructure features and services
• Build in observability for internal infrastructure services as well as provide related observability frameworks for applications
• Minimize our mean time to resolve incidents by reacting to monitoring alerts, problems reported by employees or customers in a timely manner

• Strong familiarity with AWS tools and services
• 10+ years of total experience with 5+ years of management experience in building and leading diverse software infrastructure engineering teams.
• Experience building & operating highly reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Customer-focused curiosity, passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area, and break down complex problems
• Demonstrated experience in improving the reliability and operational automation of complex, multi-tier systems
• A strong product mindset along with experience in delivering large complex projects collaborating with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders that are technology, operations or business focused.
• Experience with monitoring systems and incident management
• Experience operating software as a service
• Experience working in the FinTech a plus
• Experience participating in incident response

CA Annual Base Salary Range

$192,000 — $240,000 USD

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

Please note this is for San Francisco, CA, United States. You only need toapply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

Apply Now

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

Manage a team maintaining infrastructure, Internal Development Platform, and Ripple product accessibility. The role will span overseeing the development and reliability of key infrastructural components related to compute, build, integration, deployment, secure access among others. You are someone who is acutely focused on site reliability but also has a close pulse on the internal engineering experience, and makes good tradeoffs on what to build and why. You understand how to build Internal Developer Platforms and ways to make continual progress and delivery without getting bogged down by complexity. You have good mechanisms to assess reliability, availability, latency and cost and ensure the right instrumentation is in place to enable these to be reviewed and improved. You are a force multiplier for developers and application owners in the organization.

• Lead and inspire a team of Infrastructure engineers to continuously deliver availability and reliability of Ripple products
• Have good instincts for Platform Engineering and developing Internal Developer Platforms
• Building and operating production software at internet scale
• Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed bets
• Collaborating closely with our key partners as well as engaging directly with engineering customers to understand their needs and improve their experience
• Owning, crafting, and maintaining processes and tooling for infrastructure organization, while incorporating your own tooling and processes.
• Support operations for infrastructure features and services
• Build in observability for internal infrastructure services as well as provide related observability frameworks for applications
• Minimize our mean time to resolve incidents by reacting to monitoring alerts, problems reported by employees or customers in a timely manner

• Strong familiarity with AWS tools and services
• 10+ years of total experience with 5+ years of management experience in building and leading diverse software infrastructure engineering teams.
• Experience building & operating highly reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Customer-focused curiosity, passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area, and break down complex problems
• Demonstrated experience in improving the reliability and operational automation of complex, multi-tier systems
• A strong product mindset along with experience in delivering large complex projects collaborating with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders that are technology, operations or business focused.
• Experience with monitoring systems and incident management
• Experience operating software as a service
• Experience working in the FinTech a plus
• Experience participating in incident response

CA Annual Base Salary Range

$192,000 — $240,000 USD

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

Overview

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, 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.

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, Equipment Monitoring, and Site Visibility. 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.

About the role:

The Platform Reports team sits at the heart of our data ecosystem, with a mission to empower our customers with insights. We build and own the core platform that enables users to create custom reports and dashboards using the full breadth of their data. Internally, we act as a critical accelerator for all product teams, providing a unified integration point that makes their data instantly reportable. Our team owns the end-to-end report lifecycle—from fetching and transforming to visualizing—and we're pushing the boundaries of user experience with innovative features like our conversational AI report builder.

Samsara uses Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.

This is a remote position open to candidates in the United Kingdom. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries driving the world's physical operations.
• You are a life-long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.
• You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.
• You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

• Participate with senior leadership and cross-functional peers to develop a long-term roadmap and strategy for Samsara’s telematics feature sets
• Collaborate with senior engineers to drive technical strategy
• Set quarterly goals and balance product/engineering priorities for maximum impact
• Drive planning and execution on the roadmap, delivering features and infrastructure enhancements to delight customers
• Set a high-standard for the reliability of your components
• 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 expand and scale our mobile presence (more apps across more geographies)
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team

• Experience building scalable, mission-critical SaaS applications
• Experience operating, maintaining, and improving upon large scale application services
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
• Strong track record of delivering products and features that customers love
• Proven record of attracting top-talent and coaching the team
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering work experience
• 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• You speak English proficiently

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• Experience building data pipelines and/or data analytics products
• Exposure to query engine optimizations

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems and want to ensure that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, and much, much more. Take a look at our Benefits site to learn more.

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email or click here if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.

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. All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.

Samsara is aware of scams involving fake job interviews and offers. Please know we do not charge fees to applicants at any stage of the hiring process. Official communication about your application will only come from emails ending in ‘@samsara.com’ or ‘@us-greenhouse-mail.io’. For more information regarding fraudulent employment offers, please visit our blog post here.

Who we are

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.

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, Equipment Monitoring, and Site Visibility. 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.

The Platform Reports team sits at the heart of our data ecosystem, with a mission to empower our customers with insights. We build and own the core platform that enables users to create custom reports and dashboards using the full breadth of their data. Internally, we act as a critical accelerator for all product teams, providing a unified integration point that makes their data instantly reportable. Our team owns the end-to-end report lifecycle—from fetching and transforming to visualizing—and we're pushing the boundaries of user experience with innovative features like our conversational AI report builder.

Samsara uses Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.

This is a remote position open to candidates in Poland. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries driving the world's physical operations.
• You are a life-long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.
• You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.
• You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

• Participate with senior leadership and cross-functional peers to develop a long-term roadmap and strategy for Samsara’s telematics feature sets
• Collaborate with senior engineers to drive technical strategy
• Set quarterly goals and balance product/engineering priorities for maximum impact
• Drive planning and execution on the roadmap, delivering features and infrastructure enhancements to delight customers
• Set a high-standard for the reliability of your components
• 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 expand and scale our mobile presence (more apps across more geographies)
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team

• Experience building scalable, mission-critical SaaS applications
• Experience operating, maintaining, and improving upon large scale application services
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
• Strong track record of delivering products and features that customers love
• Proven record of attracting top-talent and coaching the team
• 8+ years of relevant software engineering work experience
• 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• You speak English proficiently

• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• Experience building data pipelines and/or data analytics products
• Exposure to query engine optimizations

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems and want to ensure that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, and much, much more. Take a look at our Benefits site to learn more.

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email or click here if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.

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. All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.

Samsara is aware of scams involving fake job interviews and offers. Please know we do not charge fees to applicants at any stage of the hiring process. Official communication about your application will only come from emails ending in ‘@samsara.com’ or ‘@us-greenhouse-mail.io’. For more information regarding fraudulent employment offers, please visit our blog post here.

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Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

Platform Services owns the core distributed systems that power key Figma functionality like multiplayer editing, realtime collaboration, complex file systems, and advanced search capabilities. This team works on some of the deepest technical challenges across Figma engineering, while also working closely with product and platform teams to ensure all of Figma’s product surfaces are performant, easy to use, and provide the consistent, magical experience that our customers have come to expect.

We’re looking for a seasoned Engineering leader to manage, support and grow a team of Engineering Managers and Senior-level ICs in this critical area as Figma continues to build our best-in-class design and collaboration products.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• As a Director of Engineering for Platform Services, you will lead an engineering organization, defining and developing the roadmap and technical strategy for our next generation of critical product infrastructure
• Work closely with Engineering Teams to define and build the infrastructure foundation to support best-in-class realtime collaboration experiences
• Support the development of new teams and areas in Infrastructure, such as Search Platform
• Build a healthy, scalable, inclusive, and growth-oriented engineering organization. Not only help with Platform Services, but also help broader Infrastructure and Figma Engineering initiatives
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. You will play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma
  
  

• 5+ years of experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering leader with at least 2 years of experience managing managers
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering roles, ideally reaching staff level as an individual contributor
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling high-throughput distributed systems in an online environment that directly serve production traffic
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers and engineering managers
• Strong partnership mentality and ability to manage multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups across technical and non-technical teams
  
  

• Experience building and scaling modern Search platforms and technology, with expertise in OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or other search engine technologies
• Experience building infrastructure for products integrated with LLMs and/or generative AI
• Hands-on experience building developer-facing query systems, implementing technologies such as GraphQL
  
  

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
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• Seniority level Director

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Overview

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma's platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

Platform Services owns the core distributed systems that power key Figma functionality like multiplayer editing, realtime collaboration, complex file systems, and advanced search capabilities. This team works on some of the deepest technical challenges across Figma engineering, while also working closely with product and platform teams to ensure all of Figma's product surfaces are performant, easy to use, and provide the consistent, magical experience that our customers have come to expect.

We're looking for a seasoned Engineering leader to manage, support and grow a team of Engineering Managers and Senior-level ICs in this critical area as Figma continues to build our best-in-class design and collaboration products.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

• As a Director of Engineering for Platform Services, you will lead an engineering organization, defining and developing the roadmap and technical strategy for our next generation of critical product infrastructure
• Work closely with Engineering Teams to define and build the infrastructure foundation to support best-in-class realtime collaboration experiences
• Support the development of new teams and areas in Infrastructure, such as Search Platform
• Build a healthy, scalable, inclusive, and growth-oriented engineering organization. Not only help with Platform Services, but also help broader Infrastructure and Figma Engineering initiatives
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. You will play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma

• 5+ years of experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering leader with at least 2 years of experience managing managers
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering roles, ideally reaching staff level as an individual contributor
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling high-throughput distributed systems in an online environment that directly serve production traffic
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers and engineering managers
• Strong partnership mentality and ability to manage multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups across technical and non-technical teams

• Experience building and scaling modern Search platforms and technology, with expertise in OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or other search engine technologies
• Experience building infrastructure for products integrated with LLMs and/or generative AI
• Hands-on experience building developer-facing query systems, implementing technologies such as GraphQL

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma's compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$316,000 — $381,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace — we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

Platform Services owns the core distributed systems that power key Figma functionality like multiplayer editing, realtime collaboration, complex file systems, and advanced search capabilities. This team works on some of the deepest technical challenges across Figma engineering, while also working closely with product and platform teams to ensure all of Figma’s product surfaces are performant, easy to use, and provide the consistent, magical experience that our customers have come to expect.

We’re looking for a seasoned Engineering leader to manage, support and grow a team of Engineering Managers and Senior-level ICs in this critical area as Figma continues to build our best-in-class design and collaboration products.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

• As a Director of Engineering for Platform Services, you will lead an engineering organization, defining and developing the roadmap and technical strategy for our next generation of critical product infrastructure
• Work closely with Engineering Teams to define and build the infrastructure foundation to support best-in-class realtime collaboration experiences
• Support the development of new teams and areas in Infrastructure, such as Search Platform
• Build a healthy, scalable, inclusive, and growth-oriented engineering organization. Not only help with Platform Services, but also help broader Infrastructure and Figma Engineering initiatives
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. You will play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma

• 5+ years of experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering leader with at least 2 years of experience managing managers
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering roles, ideally reaching staff level as an individual contributor
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling high-throughput distributed systems in an online environment that directly serve production traffic
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers and engineering managers
• Strong partnership mentality and ability to manage multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups across technical and non-technical teams

• Experience building and scaling modern Search platforms and technology, with expertise in OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or other search engine technologies
• Experience building infrastructure for products integrated with LLMs and/or generative AI
• Hands-on experience building developer-facing query systems, implementing technologies such as GraphQL

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$316,000 - $381,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice .

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