Samsara

Samsara

Senior Data Engineer II

Remote - US · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$203kDetected 12 days ago
PythonSQLPostgreSQLMySQLBigQuerySnowflakeDatabricksAWSAzureDatadogSparkdbtData EngineeringData ScienceLLMsAgentic AIA/B TestingDesign SystemsSalesforceCRMSalesERPCustomer SuccessLeadership

About the role

  • The data and AI team is a critical function within Business Technology.
  • Our mission is to enable integrated data layers for all of Samsara with the insights, tools, infrastructure to make data-driven decisions.
  • We are a growing team that loves all things data - composed of data engineers, AI engineers, architects, analysts, and data scientists.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain end-to-end data pipelines and backend ingestion workflows, and participate in the build of Samsara's Data Platform to enable advanced automation and analytics.
  • Work with data from a variety of sources including ERP(Netsuite), CRM(Salesforce), Product, Order Flow, and Support ticket data.
  • Manage critical data pipelines to enable growth initiatives and advanced analytics.
  • Develop and improve data architecture, data quality, monitoring, observability, and data availability.
  • Design, build, and operate large-scale Spark and PySpark workflows for batch and streaming data processing across Databricks and cloud environments.
  • Optimize Spark job performance - tuning partitioning, shuffle, caching, and resource allocation for production-grade reliability and efficiency.
  • Design, build, and manage data APIs in python using frameworks such as FastAPI.
  • Manage API runtime in AWS ecosystems- Lambda and RDS.
  • Monitor and optimize API, track observability via tools such as Data Dog or Splunk.
  • Production Support - participate in on-call rotations and act as technical escalation point of contact for data quality issues, API uptimes etc.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, data science, information technology, or an equivalent engineering program.
  • 10+ years of work experience as a Software Engineer with data focus or as Data Engineer.
  • 8+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale, production-grade end-to-end data pipelines, including Data Modeling.
  • 5+ years of hands-on Spark / PySpark in a production environment, including job optimization and performance tuning.
  • Core Engineering Fundamentals: Strong programming capabilities in Python and SQL, combined with cloud data warehouse/lakehouse experience (e.g., Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Databricks, or Apache Iceberg).
  • API experience: Python-based API frameworks, API management tools.

Skills

  • Exposure to ETL tools such as Fivetran, DBT, or equivalent.
  • Python-based API frameworks, API management tools.
  • Designing and governing a centralized semantic layer for reliable AI and analytics

Compensation

  • The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below.

Benefits

  • 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.
  • Flexible Working
  • 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.

Company info

  • 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, 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.
  • 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, 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.
  • We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer II who brings a software engineer's mindset to data infrastructure.

Equal opportunity

  • Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities.
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