Senior Data Engineer/Scientist

About the role:

Samsara is seeking a Senior Data Engineer / Scientist to join our People Analytics team. As a Senior Data Engineer / Scientist, your primary responsibilities will be designing and maintaining data pipelines, along with building and transforming data structures according to business needs. You will work directly with data scientists, data analysts, and Tableau developers on the People Analytics team to ship top quality analytic products that help ensure decisions regarding Samsara’s people are properly informed by data. 

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US and Canada except Alaska, Austin Metro, Boulder Metro, California, Chicago Metro, Connecticut, Dallas Metro, Denver Metro, Houston Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Seattle Metro. Relocation is not available. 

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-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best. 

In this role, you will: 

• Build and maintain highly reliable computed tables, incorporating data from various sources, including unstructured and highly sensitive data
• Access, manipulate, and integrate external datasets with internal data
• Building analytical and statistical models to identify patterns, anomalies, and root causes
• Leverage SQL and Python to shape and aggregate data
• Incorporate generative AI tools (ChatGPT Enterprise) into production data pipelines and automated workflows
• Collaborate closely with  data scientists, data analysts, and Tableau developers to ship top quality analytic products
• 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:

• BS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
• 6+ years experience in a data engineering and data science-focused role
• ​​Proficiency in data manipulation and processing in SQL and Python
• Expertise building data pipelines with new API endpoints from their documentation
• Proficiency in building ETL pipelines to handle large volumes of data
• Demonstrated experience in designing data models at scale

An ideal candidate also has:

• M.S. or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
• Experience scaling data pipelines for performance
• Experience building statistical and other analytical models
• Experience maintaining data pipelines with Databricks
• Experience with techniques to protect sensitive data structures
• Experience automating manual workflows with code
• Experience with Spark-based data platforms