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Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

Samsara · Remote - Canada

Posted about 2 months ago

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This role has been open
66 days
Samsara's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
4% of Samsara's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Samsara
high
206 stale, 7 reposted of 260 open
Hiring momentum
433 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

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About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Data Platform team at Samsara, you will design, build, and maintain infrastructure for ingesting, processing, and cataloging large volumes of data. Your work will involve developing systems that support data lakes and distributed computing, enabling various teams to leverage data for customer-facing features and operational insights. This role focuses on building scalable and reliable data infrastructure, requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Samsara as an employer.

What you need

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience in production environments
  • 4+ years of experience building or maintaining large-scale production data infrastructure, data platforms, distributed systems, or data lake systems
  • Strong experience with Apache Spark or similar distributed data processing systems
  • Experience operating production infrastructure in AWS, including services such as S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, Kinesis, Lambda, or similar
  • Experience designing, building, and operating reliable systems with strong ownership of scalability, observability, security, and operational excellence
  • Proficiency in at least one production programming language such as Go, Python, Scala, or Java

Nice to have

  • Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, or similar lakehouse technologies such as Iceberg or Hudi
  • Experience building data replication or ingestion systems from OLTP data stores into a data lake or lakehouse
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Familiarity with data catalogs, metadata systems, and data discovery tools such as Unity Catalog, Hive Metastore, DataHub, or Amundsen
  • Experience with orchestration systems such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect

What you get

  • Annual base salary range of $106,675 — $138,050 CAD
  • Eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance
  • Above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity
  • Flexible, employee-led remote model
  • Professional development stipend
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.

Worth weighing

  • This role is not focused on analytics or business data engineering; candidates with experience primarily in SQL modeling or BI dashboards may not be a good fit.
  • The position is remote but only open to candidates residing in Canada, with no relocation assistance provided.
  • The job description emphasizes a strong focus on data infrastructure rather than business-facing data solutions.

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Listed by Samsara on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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