Senior AI Engineer

Amplitude; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and equity eligibility

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with matching

Flexible time off and paid holidays

Well-being stipends

Parental leave and fertility benefits

Generous career development

Charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off

Job summary

Amplitude is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to advance its AI products and underpinning foundations. This position merges technical expertise with product insights, empowering teams to deploy AI capabilities essential for customers.

The ideal candidate will design foundational infrastructure for AI systems, ensuring high-impact features and products. Responsibilities include collaborating across teams to drive technical direction and establish patterns for building effective AI solutions, all within a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience including 2+ in production AI systems.
• Experience designing and scaling AI products with reliability constraints.
• Strong product sense and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Ship high-impact AI features that influence customer workflows.
• Design and build infrastructure for AI systems.
• Identify opportunities through user workflow understanding.

Skills

Software engineering

Production LLM or applied AI systems

AI product design

Communication and collaboration

Systems thinking

Job description

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—to 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. Amplitude is the best‑in‑class solution for product, data, and marketing teams.

About the Role

Senior AI Engineer – responsible for advancing Amplitude’s AI products and the foundations they are built on. The role blends deep technical work with product judgment, shipping AI capabilities that customers and internal teams rely on.

What You'll Do

• Ship high‑impact AI features and products that influence how customers and internal teams work.
• Design and build foundational infrastructure for Amplitude’s AI systems: orchestration, evaluation, retrieval, context management, and ecosystem integrations.
• Identify opportunity areas by understanding user workflows, customer pain points, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Establish reusable patterns, primitives, and components for other engineers to build AI features confidently.
• Drive adoption and quality through collaboration with product, design, and customer‑facing teams, focusing on real usage and measurable outcomes.
• Set technical direction for AI systems, making thoughtful build‑vs‑buy decisions, shaping evaluation strategy, and influencing the long‑term roadmap.

Who You Are

A highly capable engineer with a strong track record of shipping AI‑powered systems that people use. You bring deep technical instincts, strong product sense, and a forward‑thinking view of AI.

Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of software engineering, including 2+ years building production LLM or applied AI systems.
• Experience designing and scaling AI products, platforms, or developer tools with real users and reliability constraints.
• Deep familiarity with modern AI ecosystem: model APIs, agent frameworks, evals, retrieval, prompting, tool use, and tradeoffs.
• Strong product sense and systems thinking; knowing when to prototype, harden, or invest in durable infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and collaboration, driving alignment across engineering, design, product, and go‑to‑market.

How You Think & Work

• Leverage mindset: See AI as a way to reshape teams’ and customers’ thinking, planning, and execution, not just a feature.
• Context is key: Understand AI is most powerful when grounded in real data, workflows, and decisions.
• Vision leads utility: Listen closely to users and anticipate their needs with creative, forward‑looking solutions.
• Build to learn: Favor fast iteration, usage‑based validation, and continuous improvement over upfront perfection.

What Sets You Apart

• Highest‑leverage problem identification: Spot high‑value opportunities and focus effort with data.
• Systems thinking: Connect disparate tools, data sources, and teams into cohesive AI experiences.
• Hands‑on agentic system design: Build robust agentic workflows with context handling, orchestration, tool use, and evaluation.
• Build‑vs‑buy judgment: Choose between existing solutions and custom builds.
• Driving adoption & evangelism: Onboard users and evolve based on feedback.
• Product thinking: Blend technical execution with product intuition to create AI experiences people love to use.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and equity eligibility.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance with employer‑paid premiums.
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching.
• Flexible time off and paid holidays.
• Well‑being stipends for wellness, commuter, learning, and home office.
• Parental leave and fertility benefits.
• Mental‑health and wellness resources.
• Generous career development and mentorship programs.
• Charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

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