Job brief: Sr. Manager, Agents

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Samsara's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-12 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-12.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $162,400 to $290,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - US · San Francisco - SF9
• Posted: 2026-11-11

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing engineering teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical field.
• An advanced degree. A Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field.

Conditions

• 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 Thi…
• At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy.
• 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,…
• 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.

Main duties

• Own Assistant & Agent Studio and Agent Extensibility, leading about 10 engineers through two tech leads.
• Grow activation, so more customers try agents, through recommended questions, automatically generated reports and proactive agents.
• Drive answer quality and repeat usage, so customers trust what the Assistant tells them and come back daily.
• Set technical direction through RFCs and design reviews for a platform used by customers and Samsara teams.
• Raise the bar for how the team builds with AI, across coding, evaluation and operations.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs across the U.S.: $165k a year (2,201 listings, 220 employers). This listing is 37% higher.
• Across Samsara's 59 open listings, 0% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Samsara hires

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