Remote Business Technology AI Engineer IV

The Integrations, Data Engineering, and AI (IDEA) team is a key part of Samsara’s Business Technology organization, driving innovation by leveraging data and AI. The AI team bridges research, technology, and business needs to strategically integrate AI-powered innovation throughout the organization. We develop practical AI solutions, ensuring seamless integration and impact.

As an AI Engineer, you’ll work closely with architects, engineers and cross-functional stakeholders across Samsara to build AI-powered tools and maintain a robust AI infrastructure.

This is a remote position in USA and Canada with working hours in appropriate local timezone. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

We’re looking for a hands-on AI Engineer with expertise in machine learning and generative AI to build and scale AI-driven business applications. This role involves:

Rapid prototyping and iterative development of AI-based business applications and capabilities, with a focus on Generative AI

Implement evaluation frameworks for AI applications that leverage foundational models.

Applying software engineering best practices

Providing production support, monitoring, and troubleshooting issues

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.

Who You Are

Possess a bias for action with a track record of solving technical challenges creatively

Experienced in 0→1 MVP development and iterative prototyping

Knowledgeable and experienced in leveraging LLMs, RAG and Agentic frameworks

Passionate about staying up to date with AI trends and best practices

Required experience and skills

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline .

5+ years of software development experience

3+ years working with large datasets and data pipelines

Proven experience building Generative AI applications

Strong software engineering fundamentals and SDLC best practices

Proficiency in Python, Java, or equivalent

Experience designing scalable APIs and microservices

Cloud experience (AWS preferred, or GCP/Azure)

Knowledge of LLMs, vector databases, and applied Gen-AI techniques and frameworks (RAG, Agentic AI orchestration, LangChain, Llama Index, etc)

Experience shipping LLM-powered applications

Understanding of prompt engineering and tuning

Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams