Samsara develops connected operations technology for organizations that manage vehicles, equipment, worksites, and mobile teams. Its platform brings together video-based safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, workforce applications, site visibility, GPS, asset tracking, compliance training, and real-time alerts so teams can coordinate operations and act on timely data. Samsara serves sectors including logistics, transportation, construction, healthcare, and government, with products designed to support safer, more efficient, and more sustainable day-to-day work. For job seekers, the company offers opportunities to contribute to technology used by complex, distributed organizations and operational teams.
Senior AI Data Analytics Engineer
Build Databricks data pipelines, semantic models, and AI agents for Samsara’s Connected Operations platform. Support marketing analytics and automate workflows across marketing and go-to-market teams.
United States
California$137,445 – $231,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredAnalytics EngineerDescription
- Shape the strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for the MDA data and AI foundation.
- Design and own marketing data infrastructure, including ETL/ELT pipelines, Databricks Gold Layer tables, and core data models.
- Create semantic layers, data dictionaries, and documentation for self-service BI and conversational analytics.
- Work with BI to ensure sales and marketing KPIs rely on trusted, well-modeled data.
- Turn ambiguous questions from Marketing, Sales, and R&D into clear requirements and scalable solutions.
- Lead cross-team initiatives from start to finish, including data pipelines and integrations.
- Manage risks across dependent teams and take ownership of reliability and data quality.
- Provide senior technical leadership on complex problems, code reviews, engineering standards, and removing bottlenecks.
- Coach engineers and analysts.
- Develop AI-powered data products and agents, including integrations, retrieval pipelines, and evaluation practices.
- Take AI workflow automation for Marketing and go-to-market teams from concept through production.
- Deliver quality Python and SQL code while increasingly directing agentic coding tools.
- Review and validate AI-generated work before it reaches production.
- Promote Samsara’s cultural principles as the company expands globally and opens new offices.
Requirements
- Bring at least 8 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or AI engineering, with substantial hands-on data engineering work.
- Demonstrate expert-level Python and SQL skills.
- Have strong practical experience with data modeling and dbt.
- Bring deep knowledge of data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT, and the modern data stack.
- Have hands-on experience with Databricks or a comparable platform such as Snowflake or BigQuery.
- Have built semantic layers and structured documentation designed for AI ingestion and agentic workflows.
- Use agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor regularly.
- Be able to verify and take responsibility for AI-generated output.
- Have built, launched, evaluated, and monitored LLM or agent systems in production.
- Show a record of leading complex data initiatives across teams.
- Be able to gather requirements independently from technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Have experience supporting Marketing, Sales, or Product teams.
- Preferred: experience with Databricks and AI agents in its ecosystem.
- Preferred: a software engineering background beyond data or AI engineering.
- Preferred: expertise in data visualization and dashboards for sales and marketing KPIs.
- Preferred: familiarity with CRM platforms 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 working in exploratory settings and iterating on data sources and methods.
Benefits
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff.
- Ongoing RSU refresh opportunities based on performance.
- Performance-based bonus or variable pay.
- Equity for eligible roles.
- Flexible, employee-led remote work model.
- Professional development stipend.
- Comprehensive health plans.
- Parental leave plans.
- Opportunities for above-market total compensation.
- Remote work support where consistent with operational needs.
- Access to offices for employees who prefer working in person.
- Reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process.