Finance & Strategy AI Engineer

The role

This person will lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Finance data foundation and AI systems. They will design and operate secure, scalable applications, pipelines, and AI workflows to transform financial data into a modern Databricks foundation.

What you will do

• Own the data foundation and AI roadmap for Finance & Strategy
• Maintain and evolve the existing Workday Adaptive Planning instance
• Design, build, and maintain pipelines and integrations connecting financial systems
• Build agentic-first close and extend AI-powered tools and automations
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Finance, BizTech, PeopleOps, and Accounting
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies in AI, automation, and data infrastructure
• Formalize best practices in data modeling and infrastructure
• Establish data quality standards and access controls
• Embed Samsara's cultural principles

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, Finance/Accounting, or comparable work experience
• 8+ years of relevant experience building and scaling production-grade data pipelines, integrations, and enterprise applications
• Hands-on experience with large language model (LLM) applications, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and evaluation
• Proficiency coding in Python
• Experience with SQL databases, including data modeling and query optimization
• Experience with data platforms and warehouses (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
• Experience with enterprise systems (e.g., NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive, Salesforce, Google Suite, Slack)
• Working knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, and close processes
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have

• Strong problem-solving mindset and curiosity about applying AI to finance processes
• Experience building agentic systems in production
• Experience in a high-growth or public company finance environment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity

Benefits

• Above-market total compensation
• Performance-based bonus/variable pay
• Equity for eligible roles
• Flexible, employee-led remote model
• Professional development stipend
• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

Before you apply

• All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location

About the company

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, a platform that enables organizations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to improve physical operations. The company helps improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability for industries including agriculture, construction, and manufacturing.