Staff Software Engineer, Activation

Amplitude; North Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital analytics platform is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Activation team. This role involves designing scalable systems and improving data processing capabilities across various channels. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in software engineering, particularly with technologies such as Kafka and Kubernetes. Amplitude offers a supportive environment fostering professional growth, competitive benefits, and a focus on employee well-being.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverage

Flexible time off

Generous stipends for learning and home office

Excellent Parental benefits

Mental health and wellness benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role.
• Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design.
• Previous experience with Python or Java is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design systems to handle extreme throughput.
• Build backend services that integrate with a variety of data warehouses and cloud platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their growth.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Programming

Algorithms

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field

Tools

Kafka

Redis/Elasticache

Amazon S3

DynamoDB

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

About The Role & Team

TheActivation team at Amplitude is building a leading insights-driven activation platform that empowers businesses to unlock customer insights and make faster, smarter, and more cost-effective decisions. Our platform enables customers to proactively improve data quality, intelligently discover key audiences, and seamlessly activate data across a wide range of channels.

We are responsible for building and maintaining scalable real-time and batch data pipelines that move data into and out of Amplitude and across our partner ecosystem. Today, this platform processes over 800 petabytes of data per month—and it's growing rapidly.

In this role, you’ll tackle challenging infrastructure problems such as:

• Designing systems to handle extreme throughput
• Optimizing for millisecond-level latencies
• Building resilient architectures with near-zero downtime

You’ll also work closely with Product and Customers to shape the strategy and roadmap for both core platform capabilities and new product features.

Our tech stack includes modern technologies such as Kafka, real-time stream processing, Redis/Elasticache, Amazon S3, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, and Terraform. You’ll join a team of curious, innovative engineers who love solving hard problems and sharing ideas.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:

• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to turn ideas into working features
• Build backend services that integrate with a variety of data warehouses and cloud platforms
• Optimize the performance and scalability of our data import/export infrastructure to handle ever-growing data volumes
• Lead engineering discussions and set the bar for technical excellence and best practices
• Mentor junior engineers and support their growth and success
• Define and drive the architectural vision for the product, ensuring long-term scalability and maintainability

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

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Willingness to dive into new code bases, languages and frameworks.
• Enjoy working with customers and partners in solving problems and providing value.
• Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design

At a minimum, you need to have:

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field
• 6+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role
• Previous experience with Python or Java is a plus
• Previous experience in distributed systems, data processing and analytics is a plus
• Previous experience with ETL/ETL pipelines is a plus
• Technical leadership of an engineering team is a plus

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 Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, paid 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 15 quarters in a row on G2.

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"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 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. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan."