Senior Data Engineer II

Role Description

The data and AI team is a critical function within Business Technology. Our mission is to enable integrated data layers for all of Samsara with the insights, tools, infrastructure to make data-driven decisions. We are a growing team that loves all things data — composed of data engineers, AI engineers, architects, analysts, and data scientists.

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer II who brings a software engineer's mindset to data infrastructure. This isn't just a pipeline-builder role — we're looking for someone who thinks in systems, builds platforms others can extend, and is excited about pushing the boundaries of what data engineering looks like in an AI-first world. You'll manage data APIs, architect Spark-driven workflows at scale, design data platforms as products, and build the next generation of intelligent tooling including MCP servers and AI agents that automate and accelerate data engineering workflows.

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

This role is open to candidates residing in the US and Canada except the San Francisco Bay Area and New York Metro City.

Qualifications

• You want to impact the industries that run our world.
• You are the architect of your own career.
• You're energized by our opportunity.
• You want to build platforms, not just pipelines.
• You're excited about AI-augmented engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, data science, information technology, or an equivalent engineering program.
• 10+ years of work experience as a Software Engineer with data focus or as Data Engineer.
• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale, production-grade end-to-end data pipelines, including Data Modeling.
• 5+ years of hands-on Spark / PySpark in a production environment, including job optimization and performance tuning.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing and managing APIs, preferably in python.
• Core Engineering Fundamentals: Strong programming capabilities in Python and SQL, combined with cloud data warehouse/lakehouse experience (e.g., Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Databricks, or Apache Iceberg).
• Exposure to ETL tools such as Fivetran, DBT, or equivalent.
• API experience: Python-based API frameworks, API management tools.
• RDBMS experience: MySQL, AWS RDS/Aurora, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, or equivalent.
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.

Benefits

• 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.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members and deliver technical guidance, training, and knowledge-sharing across teams.
• Engage directly with internal cross-functional stakeholders to understand their data needs and design scalable solutions.
• Lead end-to-end projects as the central point of contact for stakeholders.