Finance AI Engineer: Data Foundations & Forecasting

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Finance & Strategy data engineer to lead the development of a modern data foundation and AI workflows. You will transform data from NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, and Salesforce into production-grade data assets and support the Workday Adaptive Planning transition.

You will design pipelines, integrate multiple financial systems, and build AI-powered tools for forecasting, planning, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, Finance/Accounting, or comparable work experience.
• Hands-on experience with large language model (LLM) applications, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and evaluation.
• Proficiency coding in Python, particularly for scripting, data manipulation, and interacting with APIs.
• Experience with SQL databases, including data modeling and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own the data foundation and AI roadmap for Finance & Strategy — architecting the future state of Samsara's financial data and systems landscape, setting modeling strategy, and identifying and closing gaps in data, tools, and processes, while also maintaining and evolving the existing Workday Adaptive Planning instance, ensuring reliability and continuity for the business through the transition
• Design, build, and maintain the pipelines and integrations connecting Samsara's financial systems (e.g., Databricks, NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, Salesforce) to ensure seamless data flow, scalability, and reliability
• Build Samsara's agentic-first close, and extend AI-powered tools and automations across core finance processes — forecasting and scenario planning, variance and driver analysis, headcount and workforce planning, and management reporting
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Finance, BizTech, PeopleOps, Accounting and beyond on system workstreams that span teams — resolving competing priorities and driving shared decisions
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, staying current on advancements in AI, automation, and data infrastructure, and proactively identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency
• Formalize best practices in data modeling and infrastructure, and enable end users through documentation, training, technical support, and troubleshooting to drive adoption across the Finance org
• Build with governance in mind — establishing data quality standards and access controls — holding the work accountable to measurable impact on close cycle time and forecast accuracy
• 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

Skills

Python

SQL

LLM apps

Data pipelines

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Info Systems/Finance

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

BigQuery

NetSuite

Workday Adaptive

Salesforce

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Finance & Strategy data engineer to lead the development of a modern data foundation and AI workflows. You will transform data from NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, and Salesforce into production-grade data assets and support the Workday Adaptive Planning transition.

You will design pipelines, integrate multiple financial systems, and build AI-powered tools for forecasting, planning, and reporting.