Role overview

Senior Software Engineer- SDK

Requirements and responsibilities

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About the role and Team

  • learn new languages quickly
  • use AI to accelerate development
  • build tooling to scale SDK maintenance
  • own developer experience end-to-end

About the role and Team

  • Build and maintain SDKs across many languages (e.g. TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Swift, Rust)
  • Use AI to scale SDK development - build systems that allow a small team to maintain many SDKs
  • Own developer experience - improve how developers integrate with Amplitude
  • Optimize SDK for latency, performance, bundle size, resource load
  • Create external-facing agents that take advantage of the signals collected by our SDKs
  • Build integrations with third parties
  • Drive high engineering standards while knowing when speed beats perfection.
  • Create a culture where people love the work, move fast, and deliver real outcomes.

You Might Be a Great Fit If:

  • Experience building SDKs, APIs, or developer platforms.
  • Open source library maintainership
  • Experience across multiple language ecosystems
  • Interest in developer experience and tooling
  • Experience building platform tooling or code generation systems

Why This Team, Why Now?

  • Huge scope - own SDKs used by thousands of developers
  • Polyglot engineering - work across many ecosystems
  • AI-augmented engineering - help define the future of SDK development
  • Direct product impact - great SDKs drive adoption of Amplitude

Our values:

  • Humility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
  • Ownership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
  • Growth Mindset: We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.
  • Customer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.

Our values:

  • Excellent ​M​edical, ​D​ental and ​V​ision 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 your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually
  • Flexible time off, ​p​aid holidays, and more
  • Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), new hire home office equipment, and much more
  • Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
  • Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy sessions
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)

Our values:

  • Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.
  • We care a lot about product innovation. We've made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
  • We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.
  • We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
  • We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
  • We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.
  • Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.
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