Senior Data Engineer - Samsara

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. 

About the role:

Data and Analytics is a critical team within Business Technology. Our mission is to enable integrated data layers for all of Samsara and Samsara customers with the insights, tools, infrastructure and consultation to make data driven decisions. We are a growing team that loves all things data! The team will be composed of data engineers, architects, analysts and data scientists. We are passionate about leveraging world class data and analytics to deliver a great customer experience.  

Our team promotes an agile, collaborative, supportive environment where diverse thinking, innovative design, and experimentation is welcomed and encouraged.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.

• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.

• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. 

In this role, you will:

• Develop and maintain E2E data pipelines, backend ingestion 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 but not limited to: CRM data, Product data, Marketing data, Order flow data, Support ticket volume data.

• Manage critical data pipelines to enable our growth initiatives and advanced analytics.

• Facilitate data integration and transformation requirements for moving data between applications; ensuring interoperability of applications with data layers and data lake.

• Develop and improve the current data architecture, data quality, monitoring, observability and data availability.

• Write data transformations in SQL/Python to generate data products consumed by customer systems and Analytics, Marketing Operations, Sales Operations teams.

• 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 scale globally and across new offices. 

Minimum requirements for the role:

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data engineering, data science, information technology, or equivalent engineering program.

• 5+ years of work experience as a data engineer, including 3+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining E2E data pipelines.. 

• Experience with modern cloud-based data-lake and data-warehousing technology stacks, and familiarity with typical data-engineering tools, ETL/ELT, and data-warehousing processes and best practices.

• Experience with the following:

o Languages: Python, SQL.

o Exposure to ETL tools such as Fivetran, DBT or equivalent.

o API: Exposure to python based API frameworks for data pipelines. 

o RDBMS: MySQL, AWS RDS/Aurora MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL-Server or equivalent.

o Cloud: AWS, Azure and/or GCP.

o Data warehouse: Databricks, Google Big Query, AWS Redshift, Snowflake or equivalent.

An ideal candidate has:

• Comfortable in working with business customers to gather requirements and gain a deep understanding of varied datasets.

• A self-starter, motivated, responsible, innovative and technology-driven person who performs well both solo and as a team member.

• A proactive problem solver and have good communication as well as project management skills to relay your findings and solutions across technical and non technical audiences.

• ETL and Orchestration Experience.

• Fivetran, Alteryx or equivalent.

• DBT or equivalent.

• Logging and Monitoring: One or more of Splunk, DataDog, AWS Cloudwatch or equivalent.

• AWS Serverless: AWS API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, SecretsManager.

• Other: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECR, AWS Fargate, AWS IAM.

Samsara’s Compensation Philosophy: Samsara’s compensation program is designed to deliver Total Direct Compensation (based on role, level, and geography) that is at or above market. We do this through our base salary + bonus/variable + restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) for eligible roles.  For eligible roles, a new hire RSU award may be awarded at the time of hire, and additional RSU refresh grants may be awarded annually. 

We pay for performance, and top performers in eligible roles may receive above-market equity refresh awards which allow employees to achieve higher market positioning.

The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

$112,455—$189,000 USD

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. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.