What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform position at Karkidi?

The Samsara Data Services team builds core infrastructure to enable the business to make data-driven products and decisions. As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will contribute to a scalable and reliable data platform to meet the data needs of everyone at Samsara - engineers, data scientists, product managers, and more.

You will work on Big Data cloud infrastructure that enables Samsara to make critical business conclusions and explore new product directions. You will :

Contribute to the development of our large scale Data Platform
Build tools (e.g orchestration frameworks, metadata catalogs) that democratize the use of data for the whole business, including software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists
Contribute to strategic initiatives to lower costs and ensure data security
Lift a broad set of production data into a centralized data lake, and scale that data storage layer as the company grows
Optimize our compute layer for reliability and performance (Spark / Databricks on EC2)

This role is open to candidates residing in Canada.

You should apply if :

You want to impact the industries that run our world : The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and ensure workers return home safely.

You want to build for scale : With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries.

You are a life-long learner : We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.

You believe customers are more than a number : Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.

You are a team player : Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

In this role, you will :

Develop software to reliably ingest vast amounts of data into our data lake

Explore new infrastructure needed to support the growing needs of our data platform

Design, scope, and build libraries and data management tooling for other software engineers, product managers, and data scientists to use the data platform effectively

Expand our ability to stream data into the data lake to support near real-time access

Be responsible for the uptime, reliability, and monitoring of our data platform

Research, recommend, and implement new tools to help our teams leverage data more easily (e.g., expanding our orchestration system)

Uplevel team members and cross-functional colleagues on topics like data best practices, AWS, Spark, etc.

Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for the role :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent practical experience

4 years experience on building / maintaining a large scale production-grade data platform (including a Data Lake) for data scientists, analysts, and engineers

Strong programming and software engineering skills (experience with Python, Go, Scala, or SQL is a must)

2 years experience working with Spark

Experience deploying and managing data orchestration systems (e.g Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Dagster)

AWS knowledge and expertise (S3, Lambda, SQS, Kinesis)

An ideal candidate also has :

An advanced degree in a related field (Masters or PhD)

Experience with Databricks

Familiarity using Terraform

Samsara’s Compensation Philosophy : Samsara’s compensation program is designed to deliver Total Direct Compensation (based on role, level, and geography) that is at or above market. We do this through our base salary bonus / variable restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) for eligible roles.

We pay for performance, and top performers in eligible roles may receive above-market equity refresh awards which allow employees to achieve higher market positioning.

The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

120,275—$155,650 CAD

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law.

Benefits

Full-time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much more.

Accommodations

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities.

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Salary : $120,275 - $155,650

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