Lead Software Development Engineer

Amperity; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amperity is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to join their Seattle team. This role involves solving complex customer problems through collaborative engineering, focusing on data-intensive applications and distributed systems. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in technical leadership and a strong background in cloud-native architectures.

Benefits

100% employee healthcare coverage

Transportation subsidies

Self-managed PTO

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience building complex software systems.
• Experience in technical leadership and driving major features.
• Comfortable working in functional languages like Clojure.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to collaborative feature teams to solve customer problems.
• Work with various teams to create high-impact features.
• Process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Data-intensive applications

Cloud-native architectures

Clojure

Tools

Apache Spark

Kafka

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

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At Amperity, our AI-powered Customer Data Cloud empowers organizations to delight their customers and create differentiated experiences. Our multi-patented technology helps over 400 leading global brands like Alaska Airlines and DICK'S Sporting Goods drive revenue growth and meaningful customer experiences. We help users unlock the value of all of their customer data with simplicity and speed. Our team thrives on curiosity, collaboration, and transparency, fostering a culture where everyone can contribute and grow. We're looking for talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to help us eliminate data bottlenecks and accelerate business impact for the world's most innovative companies. With offices in Seattle, New York City, London, and Melbourne, you'll be part of a fast-growing team solving critical challenges at the intersection of AI, data, and customer experience. Ready to make an impact? Let's talk.

The Role

At Amperity, engineers work in small, collaborative feature teams. As an SDE IV, you’ll contribute across teams that move quickly, embracing rapid, iterative development to solve meaningful customer problems and improve the platform. Engineers are involved in shaping what we build and how we build it, working with Product, Support, Customer Success, and Go-to-Market teams to create high-impact features and seamless customer experiences. We keep our processes lightweight, our communication clear, and our focus on delivering value.

Interesting Problems

We’re solving tough, high-impact problems at the intersection of large-scale data, AI, and user experience. Some of the challenges you might work on include:

• Process and understand large volumes of structured and unstructured customer, product, and event data.
• Building full-stack experiences and intuitive toolsets that help users visualize their data, understand their customers, and surface impactful insights.
• Apply the latest data science and AI advancements to accelerate time-to-value for data developers and marketers.
• Integrate our platform into the operating core of the businesses we serve.
• Rethink how marketers and customer teams activate and use data to accomplish measurable outcomes.
  
  
  

About You

A leader with a product mindset and experience solving deep engineering problems that unlock customer value. You think at the system level, lead projects that span teams, and help set the technical direction for the team. You lead through example, mentorship, and well-reasoned decisions.

• 9+ years of experience building and evolving complex, high-scale software systems.
• Technical leadership experience driving major features or platform evolution across multiple teams.
• Expertise in designing distributed systems, data-intensive applications, or cloud-native architectures.
• You have elegant coding skills with well thought out system design capabilities.
• You are comfortable working in functional languages like Clojure.
• Experience aligning technical strategy with our priorities and customer needs.
• You bring a desire to mentor engineers, improving teams, and improving how we build.
  
  
  

Technologies We Use

We don’t expect you to have experience with everything we use—but if you’re excited about learning, you’ll do great here. Our tech stack includes:

• Large-scale data engines like Apache Spark, Presto, and Kafka.
• Functional programming languages including Clojure, ClojureScript, and the React ecosystem.
• Cloud-native infrastructure built with Kubernetes and Terraform, deployed across multiple cloud providers.
• Machine learning models and systems including random forests, logistic regression, and probabilistic databases.
  
  
  

Location

Seattle, WA

Our hybrid work model includes three days in the office each week, providing a mix of in-person collaboration and remote flexibility

Compensation

Base Salary: $190,000 - $260,000. Within our pay range, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications such as skills, experience, and education/training.

Cash Incentives: Cash incentives are also available.

Stock Options: The opportunity for ownership is an exciting part of Amperity’s total compensation package. Every employee at Amperity receives a new-hire equity grant, commensurate with the scope of their position.

Benefits

We offer all the benefits you'd expect from a great place to work: 100% employee healthcare coverage, transportation subsidies, a comfortable work environment with plenty of snacks, and other employee experience perks like events and activities, both in-person and remote. We also offer self-managed PTO and the flexibility to do your best work in the way that works for you. We provide an inclusive environment where you'll be challenged to find and unlock your full potential, surrounded by a team of world-class people driving for excellence. For more details on our benefits, please see our US Benefits & Perks Guide.

Amperity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive health choices), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as someone with a disability, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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