Senior Data Analyst

About the role:

The Senior Data Analyst will be a core technical contributor to our Data Analytics team with deep expertise in driving data-driven decision-making through querying, structuring, and visualizing data. The Senior Data Analyst will work closely with cross-functional leaders, engineers, and product managers to translate business, product and technical questions into concrete quantitative analysis, and iterate on the output with stakeholders.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the United States and Canada. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact – helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will: 

• Translate data into strategic insights via memos, presentations, dashboards, etc. to support decision-making for operational and leadership teams 
• Building analytical models to identify patterns, anomalies, and root causes (e.g., analyzing sensor temperatures to spot unhealthy devices)
• Build relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand data structures and business priorities
• Build a strong sense of product and data acumen (e.g. customer experience, data logging)
• Perform a variety of exploratory analyses that help us understand the health of our products and identify opportunities for improvement and optimization
• 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

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 5+ years experience in a data-related role relevant (data science, data analyst, business analytics, business intelligence)
• BA / MS or equivalent coursework in quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, etc.)
• Proficiency in data manipulation and processing in SQL, Python, and/or R
• Ability to communicate trends and learnings via data visualizations including Tableau
• Ability to effectively share project statuses and take ownership of tasks while handling competing priorities
• Ability to distill informal or ambiguous customer and business requirements into crisp problem definitions
• Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing to technical peers and leadership teams with various levels of technical knowledge
• Curious about our data, our product and excited to have an impact

An ideal candidate also has:

• A strong track record of cross-functional partnership 
• Experience working with large datasets using distributed computing (e.g., Spark, Hive)