Amplitude

Senior Software Engineer, Analytics

San Francisco, CA
Java Python Kafka Redis DynamoDB Elasticsearch
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Description

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform. More than 1,900 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike’s, Marks & Spencer, NBCUniversal, PayPal, Shopify, and Under Armour rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey.  With Amplitude, teams can understand what product features are working, where users are getting stuck, and what actions lead to the right outcomes. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive.


About The Role & Team

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build out our analytics offering and aren't afraid to tackle the challenges of a growing data company. As a member of the Analytics Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying the features and underlying systems that power our core analytics product. You will interact with everything from our data ingestion pipeline to our in-house query infrastructure written in Java and Python. Our product sits on top of many modern technologies, including Kafka, Redis, Amazon S3, DynamoDB, and Elasticsearch. You will share your ideas with a group of similarly innovative and curious engineers.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will: 

  • Take product ideas from ideation to implementation
  • Develop components and services that expand the capabilities of our analytics product
  • Optimize the performance of our data ingestion and processing pipelines
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to iterate on our product
  • Lead engineering discussions and mentor others on engineering best practices
  • Participate in design and code reviews

You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:

  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field
  • 3+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role
  • Experience with Python or Java
  • Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design
  • Passionate about solving challenging problems and iterating quickly
  • Previous experience in distributed systems, data processing and analytics is a plus
  • Technical leadership of an engineering team is a plus

Engineering Principles at Amplitude: 

At Amplitude, our goal is to innovate and solve customer pain. In addition to the company’s Cultural Values, we believe that following these Engineering Principles to make decisions will help us solve the most pain for our customers over time. : 

  • Ship Fast. Take risks and put things in front of customers in order to learn and iterate. We prioritize innovation and to maximize iterations of getting features in front of customers. 
  • Own the Product Experience. Do Engineering to solve customer pain, no for engineering’s sake. Have ownership over the product and the holistic customer problem. 
  • Company > Team > Me. Your success comes from making the company and team successful. Proactivity makes the people and processes around you better.

 

The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform – we help companies understand their users, rapidly release better product experiences, and ultimately grow their business. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

Other fun facts about Amplitude: 

  • G2: #1 product analytics solution and #3 best software product 
  • Business Insider: A top tech company to bet your career on
  • Fast Company: #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world
  • Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL. 
  • Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
  • We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
  • Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

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