Senior Software Engineer, Analytics Compute Platform

Amplitude, Inc.

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 167,000 - 230,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance

Flexible time off

Parental benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Job summary

Amplitude, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Analytics Compute Platform Team in San Francisco.

You will design and build core components of the query/compute engine that powers Amplitude’s analytics, and evolve the compute API and semantic layer to support a more generic data model. Day-to-day, you’ll partner with multiple product teams to improve performance, reliability, and scalability of the system while taking ownership of projects from design through rollout, shaping the

Qualifications

Experience with backend or distributed-systems engineering, ideally OLAP databases or data infrastructure.
Experience with SQL, query planning/execution, or APIs relied on by multiple teams.
Ability to balance flexibility, performance, and ease of use when designing systems.
Proven track record of owning ambiguous, cross-team projects end-to-end.
Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver product features.

Responsibilities

Design and build core parts of the query/compute engine powering analysis across Amplitude's product suite.
Evolve the compute API and semantic layer for broader support of a generic table.
Unify and evolve the core data model with non-event data alongside event data.
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability of query planning and execution.
Collaborate with Session Replay, Experiment, CDP, Query, and frontend teams to shape the compute layer.
Take ownership of projects end-to-end from design to rollout.