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Amplitude

Software Engineer II, Analytics Compute Platform Team

Amplitude

. Design and ship query capabilities, extension points, and shared libraries/services for behavioral insights .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $95,000 - $131,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building and running production services with a focus on backend code quality, performance optimization, and observability. Capable of understanding customer needs and effectively communicating technical decisions while fostering continuous improvement.

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Production Services ExperienceBackend Code QualityPerformance OptimizationObservability and SLO TrackingCustomer Problem Understanding

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Hard Skills
Query Capabilities DesignData-Intensive Systems ReasoningCode InstrumentationPerformance Bottleneck IdentificationAPI MigrationBehavioral InsightsAI-Assisted EngineeringComplex Problem DecompositionSLO DefinitionReliability Problem Diagnosis
Soft Skills
Thoughtful Problem-SolvingCustomer CuriosityFeedback SeekingEffective Communication
Tools & Technologies
Query EnginesColumnar DatabasesAnalytical DatabasesLarge-Scale Data ProcessingObservability Tools
Industry Keywords
Behavioral InsightsData ManagementMarketing AnalyticsSession ReplayExperimentationCustomer Data Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and ship query capabilities, extension points, and shared libraries/services for behavioral insights
  • Define tests, rollout plans, observability, and service SLOs
  • Diagnose and fix reliability problems at their root
  • Profile query paths and identify performance bottlenecks using traces and experiments
  • Participate in migrations of APIs, schemas, and services
  • Build expertise in part of the system and share knowledge through documentation and demos
  • Understand customer problems and measure the impact of shipped work
  • Extend the compute API for new behavioral questions
  • Move query paths to new internal representations with parity testing and safe rollouts
  • Add observability and SLO tracking to the compute layer
  • Improve slow query patterns reported by product teams
  • Collaborate with Data Management, marketing analytics, Session Replay, Experiment, CDP, product teams, and the Query team

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 2–4 years of experience building and running production services
  • Clear, tested backend code
  • Ability to reason about failure, retries, and correctness in data-intensive systems
  • Thoughtful problem-solving and ability to decompose complex problems
  • Ability to instrument code and verify outcomes
  • Ability to flag risks early and explain decisions in writing and conversation
  • Customer curiosity and ability to understand customer problems
  • Fluency with AI-assisted engineering, including validating AI-generated results
  • Habit of seeking feedback and continuous improvement
  • Nice to have: experience with query engines, columnar or analytical databases, or large-scale data processing
  • Nice to have: experience with observability, SLOs, and on-call for a production service
  • Nice to have: side projects, writing, or talks demonstrating public learning

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity, benefits and other forms of compensation
  • Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually
  • Flexible time off and paid holidays
  • Monthly wellness stipends
  • Monthly commuter transit/parking stipends
  • Quarterly learning and development stipends
  • New hire home office equipment stipend
  • 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support
  • Back-up Child Care support
  • No-cost employee access to Modern Health coaching and therapy sessions
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Mentorship programs
  • Management training
  • Wellness initiatives
  • Charitable giving grant
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Unlimited PTO and 10 to 13 holidays annually for Washington employees
  • Medical, dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans for Washington employees
  • Company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan for Washington employees