Senior AI Data & Analytics Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate on the strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for the Marketing Data and Analytics data and AI foundation.

• Design and manage marketing data infrastructure, encompassing ETL/ELT pipelines, Databricks Gold Layer tables, and essential data models.

• Create semantic layers, data dictionaries, and structured documentation to facilitate self-service BI and conversational analytics.

• Work alongside the BI team to ensure that sales and marketing KPIs are based on reliable, well-structured data.

• Convert vague business inquiries from Marketing, Sales, and R&D into actionable requirements and scalable solutions.

• Oversee intricate, cross-team projects from initiation to completion, including the development of new pipelines and integrations.

• Manage risks across interconnected teams while ensuring data reliability and quality.

• Act as a senior technical leader for complex challenges, enhancing engineering quality, conducting code reviews, eliminating bottlenecks, and mentoring engineers and analysts.

• Develop AI-enabled data products and agents, incorporating integrations, retrieval pipelines, and evaluation methodologies.

• Streamline manual workflows with AI across Marketing and go-to-market teams from concept to production.

• Deliver high-quality Python and SQL, increasingly directing agentic coding tools and reviewing AI-generated outputs.

• Advocate for Samsara’s cultural principles as the company expands globally and establishes new offices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of expertise in data engineering, analytics engineering, or AI engineering, with extensive hands-on data engineering experience.

• Proficient in Python and SQL at an expert level.

• Strong practical experience in data modeling and DBT.

• In-depth knowledge of data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, including ETL/ELT, as well as the modern data stack.

• Experience with Databricks or similar platforms like Snowflake or BigQuery.

• Proven experience in building semantic layers and structured documentation tailored for AI ingestion and agentic workflows.

• Regular use of agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor, ensuring ownership and verification of AI-generated outputs.

• Demonstrated experience in building, deploying, evaluating, and monitoring LLM or agent systems in a production environment.

• A history of leading complex, cross-team data initiatives.

• Independent requirements gathering with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience supporting Marketing, Sales, or Product teams.

• Ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at Samsara and in the specified work location.

• Preferred: Experience working with Databricks and creating AI Agents within that ecosystem.

• Preferred: A software engineering background that extends beyond data or AI engineering.

• Preferred: Expertise in data visualization and creating dashboards for sales and marketing KPIs.

• Preferred: Familiarity with CRM systems such as Salesforce, marketing automation, web analytics, and MarTech tools.

• Preferred: Experience with Streamlit, Claude workflows, or web frameworks.

• Preferred: Background in data science, machine learning, or predictive analytics.

• Preferred: Comfort in an exploratory setting, iterating on new data sources and methodologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff.

• Ongoing refresh equity opportunities linked to performance.

• Performance-based bonus/variable pay.

• Equity for eligible roles.

• Flexible, employee-led remote model.

• Professional development stipend.

• Comprehensive health plans.

• Parental leave plans.

• Above-market total compensation opportunities.

• Offices available for employees who prefer in-person work.

• Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.