Amplitude
Staff Software Engineer, Data Connections (Backend)
Amplitude, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. More than 3,200 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike's, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth.
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 the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.About The Role & Team
Amplitude's mission is to be the operating system for digital business. At its core, Amplitude provides a new window into digital customer behavior that helps businesses answer the question: "Where do we place our digital bets to maximize growth?" We approach challenges with humility, we take ownership of our contributions, and our growth mindset pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.
The Data Warehouse team is responsible for developing features to allow users to integrate disparate data sources with Amplitude seamlessly to turn data into powerful product intelligence. We created a data platform that 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. We are building the 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. We have many 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, and building resilient systems to achieve close to zero downtime. You will also closely work with Product and Customers to define the strategy and roadmap for our core product and new features. You will 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, and Terraform. You will share your ideas with a group of similarly innovative and curious engineers.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:
Take product ideas from ideation to implementationDevelop backend services that integrate with various data warehouses and cloud servicesOptimize the performance and scale our data import/export infrastructure to serve ever-increasing volumeCollaborate with Product and Design to iterate on our productParticipate in design and code reviewsLead engineering discussions and mentor others on engineering best practicesMentor and contribute to the success of junior engineers
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 field4+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering roleStrong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application designPassionate about solving challenging problems and iterating quicklyPrevious experience with Java is a plusPrevious experience in distributed systems, data processing, and analytics is a plusPrevious experience with ETL/ETL pipelines is a plusTechnical leadership of an engineering team is a plus
This role is eligible for equity, benefits, and other forms of compensation.
Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $204,000 - $307,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $204,000 - $307,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans, and a company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.
By applying for this job, you acknowledge that Amplitude processes your personal data in accordance with the Amplitude Applicant Privacy Notice.
Staying Safe - Protect Yourself From Recruitment FraudWe are aware of individuals and entities fraudulently representing themselves as Amplitude recruiters and/or hiring managers. Amplitude will never ask for financial information or payment, or for personal information such as bank account number or social security number during the job application or interview process. Any emails from the Amplitude recruiting team will come from an @amplitude.com email address. You can learn more about how to protect yourself from these types of fraud by referring to this article. Please exercise caution and cease communications if something feels suspicious about your interactions.
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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 the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.About The Role & Team
Amplitude's mission is to be the operating system for digital business. At its core, Amplitude provides a new window into digital customer behavior that helps businesses answer the question: "Where do we place our digital bets to maximize growth?" We approach challenges with humility, we take ownership of our contributions, and our growth mindset pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.
The Data Warehouse team is responsible for developing features to allow users to integrate disparate data sources with Amplitude seamlessly to turn data into powerful product intelligence. We created a data platform that 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. We are building the 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. We have many 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, and building resilient systems to achieve close to zero downtime. You will also closely work with Product and Customers to define the strategy and roadmap for our core product and new features. You will 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, and Terraform. You will share your ideas with a group of similarly innovative and curious engineers.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:
Take product ideas from ideation to implementationDevelop backend services that integrate with various data warehouses and cloud servicesOptimize the performance and scale our data import/export infrastructure to serve ever-increasing volumeCollaborate with Product and Design to iterate on our productParticipate in design and code reviewsLead engineering discussions and mentor others on engineering best practicesMentor and contribute to the success of junior engineers
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 field4+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering roleStrong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application designPassionate about solving challenging problems and iterating quicklyPrevious experience with Java is a plusPrevious experience in distributed systems, data processing, and analytics is a plusPrevious experience with ETL/ETL pipelines is a plusTechnical leadership of an engineering team is a plus
This role is eligible for equity, benefits, and other forms of compensation.
Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $204,000 - $307,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $204,000 - $307,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range: $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).
Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans, and a company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.
By applying for this job, you acknowledge that Amplitude processes your personal data in accordance with the Amplitude Applicant Privacy Notice.
Staying Safe - Protect Yourself From Recruitment FraudWe are aware of individuals and entities fraudulently representing themselves as Amplitude recruiters and/or hiring managers. Amplitude will never ask for financial information or payment, or for personal information such as bank account number or social security number during the job application or interview process. Any emails from the Amplitude recruiting team will come from an @amplitude.com email address. You can learn more about how to protect yourself from these types of fraud by referring to this article. Please exercise caution and cease communications if something feels suspicious about your interactions.
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