Staff Backend Software Engineer, Amplitude
Data Connections
$204-307k
+ Equity
Product analytics company
Be an early applicant
Product analytics company
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$204-307k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the epicenter of digital business.
Role
Who you are
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field
- 4+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role
- Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design
- Passionate about solving challenging problems and iterating quickly
- Previous experience with Java or Java is a plus
- Previous experience in distributed systems, data processing and analytics is a plus
- Previous experience with ETL/ETL pipelines is a plus
- Technical leadership of an engineering team is a plus
What the job involves
- The Data Warehouse team is responsible for developing features to allow users integrate disparate data sources with Amplitude seamlessly to turn data into powerful product intelligence
- We created a data platform which allows customers to easily bring data from numerous data sources into amplitude, and enhance the value of the data by powering more workflows outside of Amplitude as well
- Also we are building next generation analytics experience where users can instantly get product insights out of their data in warehouses without any data ingested
- Today, the team still works like a small startup with a fast-paced, collaborative and adaptive working environment
- And we have lots of great product initiatives to be fulfilled
- In this role, you will solve hardcore Infrastructure challenges like designing for extreme throughput, designing/optimizing systems with millisecond latencies, building resilient systems to achieve close to zero downtime
- You will also get to closely work with Product and Customers to define the strategy and roadmap for our core product and new features
- You will also work with designers to deliver the best customer experience for our products
- Our product sits on top of many modern technologies, including Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis/Elasticache, Amazon S3, DynamoDB, Terraform etc
- You will share your ideas with a group of similarly innovative and curious engineers
- Take product ideas from ideation to implementation
- Develop backend services that integrates with various data warehouses and cloud services
- Optimize the performance and scale our data import/export infrastructure to server ever-increasing volume
- Collaborate with Product and Design to iterate on our product
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Lead engineering discussions and mentor others on engineering best practices
- Mentor and contribute to the success of junior engineers
Our take
Amplitude provides product analytics to help companies understand user behaviour. Product, marketing, and growth teams use Amplitude to discover and share insights about user engagement, retention, and revenue.
Amplitude’s user flows reveal which actions are the most commonly taken after users sign up, and which usually precede purchases made in-app, creating paths through the app. The behaviour of individual app users can be viewed with unlimited real-time activity feeds and user timelines.
Thousands of companies use Amplitude analytics including Microsoft, Under Armour, Intuit, Twitter, Bonobos, Peloton, and many more. In 2024, a securities fraud case was filed against Amplitude due to an IPO and stock share rise that was alleged to be artificially inflated before their downturn in 2022. Whilst this case is ongoing, Amplitude is still releasing new products and operating at full capacity.
Freddie
Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
LATE VC
May 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $336m
Company benefits
- We offer a generous 12-week parental leave for fathers/partners and 18-20 weeks for new birthing parents. This leave policy also provides flexible scheduling so you can spend time with your family and bond with your little one. Specific leave policy will vary by country
- We believe it’s important to unplug from work to reset and recharge. We offer flexible vacation time and unlimited PTO — and we encourage you to use it!
- We provide a monthly stipend for the wellness activity of your choosing, from gym memberships and fitness classes to acupuncture and massages
- Equity is an important component of compensation, but it should benefit you (not just the company). In addition to offering competitive RSU grants that vest quarterly over three years, our Employee Stock Purchase Plan gives employees the option to buy below market price
Company values
- Humility - For Amplitude, humility is all about checking its egos at the door.
- Ownership - Ownership means that Amplitude can take the initiative to solve problems that drive its shared company success.
- Growth Mindset - A growth mindset is essential to ensuring every employee at Amplitude can advance their career.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Spenser Skates
(CEO)Previously worked as an Algorithmic Trader, Researcher at DRW Trading Group. They co-found Sonalight but are no longer working at the company.
Curtis Liu
(CTO)Previously worked as a Teaching Assistant at MIT and as a Software Engineer at Google. They co-found Sonalight but are no longer working at the company.
Jeffrey Wang
(Chief Architect)They studied computer science at university. They have extensive experience in software engineering prior to co-founding Amplitude.
People progressing
Joined as Recruiting and Front Desk Coordinator, promoted to Recruiting Operations Associate after 9 months and again to Technical Recruiter after 5 months. They were promoted again to Senior Technical Recruiter in September 2021.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 26 more jobs at Amplitude