Software Engineer II, Backend/Data Systems

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, Square, and Under Armour—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Fall 2025 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com. As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do. 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 is seeking a highly motivated and curious Software Engineer II to join our data infrastructure teams. Our mission is help companies build better digital products and experiences. You will be contributing to the core platform that processes and integrates massive amounts of customer data—up to 2 trillion events per month—to power our analytics product. As a Software Engineer II, you will: As a Software Engineer II, you will be a key contributor to the team, involved in the full software development lifecycle from ideation to deployment. Your core responsibilities will include: Design and Implementation: Take product ideas and requirements from ideation to implementation, focusing on developing and maintaining backend services and components that expand the capabilities of our analytics product and semantic and data layers. System Scale and Performance: Design and implement distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and high availability (best-in-class system availability) for our rapidly growing data and query volumes. Optimize performance to be blazingly fast across our data infrastructure. Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to translate high-level requirements into working, user-facing features. Work with cross-functional teams to support multi-product integration initiatives. Technical Leadership & Quality: Actively participate in design discussions, contribute to the infrastructure roadmap, and conduct thorough code reviews. Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers/peers on engineering best practices and system knowledge sharing. Problem Solving: Utilize monitoring tools to quickly diagnose and resolve performance, correctness, and stability issues, ensuring a robust and reliable platform. Research complex technical topics from papers and open-source projects to devise innovative solutions. You'll be a great addition to the team if you possess a strong technical foundation and a passion for solving complex, large-scale problems. Required Qualifications: Experience: 2–3+ years of industry experience in a Software Engineering role, preferably focused on backend or data systems. Education: B.S. in Computer Science or an equivalent technical field. Technical Foundation: A strong foundation in programming, data structures, algorithms, multi-threading programming, and software application design/system design. Programming Proficiency: Hands-on experience and proficiency in at least one modern backend language, such as Python, Java, C++, Typescript or Go. Systems Experience: Background in building high-performance, scalable backend systems and deploying services on AWS or similar cloud providers. Database Knowledge: Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases. Soft Skills: Strong communication skills, collaboration skills, and an ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. Mindset: Passionate about solving challenging technical problems and iterating quickly. Preferred Experience (Bonus Points) Previous experience in distributed systems, large-scale data processing, analytics platforms (e.g., OLAP systems), application backends, microservices, supporting high throughput ingestion systems, optimizing caching that balances speed and correctness Understanding of the full stack and flow of user-facing web applications – frontend experience is a plus. Experience working with ETL pipelines or data products on top of cloud warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift). Familiarity with workflow orchestration, event-driven systems, or related technologies (e.g., Temporal, dbt, Apache Iceberg). Prior contributions to scaling products or systems during periods of rapid growth. Experience with API development and enhancing the flexibility and usability of compute APIs. Who We Are The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view. The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era. We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers. Some of our benefit programs include: Excellent ​M​edical, ​D​ental and ​V​ision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee ​M​edical, ​D​ental,​ ​​​​​​​​Vision on select plans 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), home office equipment (annual), and much more Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12-20 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 and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only) Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)​ Other fun facts about Amplitude: We were recognized in the Newsweek Excellence Index 2024. Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 19 quarters in a row on G2. We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world. 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. 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. 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: $138,000 - $207,000 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: $154,000 - $231,000 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 San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $154,000 - $231,000 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: $138,000 - $207,000 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: $138,000 - $207,000 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. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan. 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