Finance & Strategy AI Engineer: Data & Automation Lead

Samsara Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 146,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working model

Belonging and inclusion program

Accommodations: accessible interview"

Job summary

Samsara Inc. is seeking a technically skilled senior data engineer for Finance & Strategy to lead the data foundation, AI integrations, and governance across Finance systems.

You will architect pipelines that unify NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, and Salesforce data into a Databricks-based platform and support the Workday Adaptive Planning instance during transition. You will collaborate with BizTech, PeopleOps, Accounting, and leadership to deliver scalable, decision-ready financial analytics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, Finance/Accounting, or comparable work experience.
• 8+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade data pipelines, integrations, and enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with large language model (LLM) applications, including prompt engineering and agentic workflows.
• Proficiency coding in Python and SQL; experience with data platforms and warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
• Experience with NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, Salesforce and related enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the data foundation and AI roadmap for Finance & Strategy, architecting the future state of the financial data landscape.
• Design, build, and maintain pipelines and integrations connecting financial systems (Databricks, NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, Salesforce).
• Build AI-powered tools across finance processes—forecasting, planning, variance analysis, headcount and reporting.
• Lead cross-functional alignment on system workstreams spanning Finance, BizTech, PeopleOps, Accounting.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and opportunities for innovation and efficiency in data infrastructure and AI.
• Formalize best practices in data modeling and governance, enable adoption through training and support.
• Establish data quality standards and access controls to measure impact on close cycle time and forecast accuracy.
• Champion Samsara's cultural principles across a growing global team.

Skills

Python

SQL

LLM applications

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

NetSuite

Workday

Adaptive

Salesforce

Job description

Samsara Inc. is seeking a technically skilled senior data engineer for Finance & Strategy to lead the data foundation, AI integrations, and governance across Finance systems.

You will architect pipelines that unify NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, and Salesforce data into a Databricks-based platform and support the Workday Adaptive Planning instance during transition. You will collaborate with BizTech, PeopleOps, Accounting, and leadership to deliver scalable, decision-ready financial analytics and