Senior AI Data & Analytics Engineer II
Samsara· Marketing Systems & Intelligence
Hybrid (Remote (US))$137.4k - $231kfull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Senior level data and analytics engineering role focused on building and scaling Samsara's marketing data foundation, AI-enabled data products, and self-serve analytics capabilities. Strategic owner of Databricks pipelines, gold layer tables, semantic models, and AI/agent initiatives within the Marketing Data and Analytics team.
Responsibilities
- Partner on defining the strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for MDA's data and AI foundation.
- Architect and own Samsara's marketing data infrastructure: ETL/ELT pipelines, Databricks Gold Layer tables, and core data models for segmentation, targeting, automation, and analytics.
- Design semantic layers, data dictionaries, and structured documentation for self-serve BI and conversational analytics, partnering with the BI team.
- Translate ambiguous business questions from Marketing, Sales, and R&D into clear requirements and scalable solutions, working autonomously without dedicated PM support.
- Lead complex, cross-team initiatives end to end: stand up new data pipelines and integrations, manage risk across interdependent teams, ensure reliability and data quality.
- Serve as the senior technical lead for the team's hardest problems: raise engineering quality, mentor engineers and analysts, remove bottlenecks.
- Drive strategic use of AI to solve high-impact problems: build AI-enabled data products and agents with reliable integrations and evaluation practices.
- Identify and automate manual workflows with AI across Marketing and GTM teams, from concept to production and influencing roadmaps.
- Ship high-quality Python and SQL, guiding agentic coding tools and ensuring AI-generated outputs are verified before production.
- Champion Samsara’s cultural principles as we scale globally.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or AI engineering with hands-on data engineering.
- Expert-level Python and SQL, strong data modeling and DBT experience.
- Deep experience with data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT, and the modern data stack; hands-on Databricks (or Snowflake/BigQuery).
- Experience building semantic layers and structured documentation optimized for AI ingestion and agentic workflows.
- Agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) in regular workflow; ability to verify and own AI-generated output.
- Experience building, shipping, evaluating, and monitoring LLM or agent systems in production.
- Track record of leading complex, cross-team data initiatives with independent requirements gathering from stakeholders.
- Experience supporting Marketing, Sales, or Product teams.
Skills
Required:PythonSQLDBTDatabricksData Warehousing / LakehouseSemantic Layers & Data DictionariesAI / LLM Systems in ProductionAgentic Coding Tools
Nice to have:Data Visualization / Dashboards
Benefits
- Flexible working model (remote and in-office options)
- Professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- Competitive total rewards including base salary, performance-based bonus, and equity (where eligible)
- RSU grant eligibility with ongoing refresh opportunities
- Remote-friendly culture and global collaboration
Last updated Oct 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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