Senior Software Engineer - SDK

9c26369c-d400-4eb7-a9b3-ab8f6469f9e8; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical, dental and vision保险

401(k) with employer match

Flexible time off

Wellness stipends

Parental benefits including Paid Paren

ESPP

Mental health resources

Job summary

Amplitude is seeking an AI-assisted SDK engineer to own developer experience across languages (TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Swift, Rust). You’ll build and maintain SDKs, create AI-powered tooling to scale maintenance, and drive high engineering standards.

You’ll work on latency and bundle size, integrate with third parties, and help developers adopt Amplitude. This role offers unusually large scope and autonomy in a fast-growing, global team.

Qualifications

• Experience building SDKs, APIs, or developer platforms.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.
• Open source library maintenance.
• Experience across multiple language ecosystems.
• Interest in developer experience and tooling.
• Experience building platform tooling or code generation systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain SDKs across languages (TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Swift, Rust).
• Use AI to scale SDK development and build tooling for maintenance.
• Own developer experience and improve integration with Amplitude.
• Optimize SDKs for latency, performance, and bundle size.
• Create external-facing agents leveraging SDK signals.
• Build integrations with third parties.
• Maintain high engineering standards and deliver tangible outcomes.

Skills

SDK development

AI-assisted development

Multilingual programming

Developer experience

Open source maintenance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Tools

SDK tooling

Code generation systems

AI tooling

Job description

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—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 Winter 2026 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 and Team

At Amplitude, millions of developers instrument their products to understand how users behave. The first code they write with Amplitude is almost always through an SDK. That means our SDKs are not just integrations, they are the developer experience of Amplitude itself.

Most companies hire SDK engineers per language.

We don’t.

We’re recruiting AI-assisted SDK wizards, engineers who:

• learn new languages quickly
• use AI to accelerate development
• build tooling to scale SDK maintenance
• own developer experience end-to-end

This role has unusually large scope and autonomy

What You’ll Work On

• Build and maintain SDKs across many languages (e.g. TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Swift, Rust)
• Use AI to scale SDK development - build systems that allow a small team to maintain many SDKs
• Own developer experience - improve how developers integrate with Amplitude
• Optimize SDK for latency, performance, bundle size, resource load
• Create external-facing agents that take advantage of the signals collected by our SDKs
• Build integrations with third parties
• Drive high engineering standards while knowing when speed beats perfection.
• Create a culture where people love the work, move fast, and deliver real outcomes.

You Might Be a Great Fit If:

• Experience building SDKs, APIs, or developer platforms.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.
• Open source library maintainership
• Experience across multiple language ecosystems
• Interest in developer experience and tooling
• Experience building platform tooling or code generation systems

Why This Team, Why Now?

• Huge scope - own SDKs used by thousands of developers

• Polyglot engineering - work across many ecosystems

• AI-augmented engineering - help define the future of SDK development

• Direct product impact - great SDKs drive adoption of Amplitude

Our values:

At Amplitude, our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:

• Humility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
• Ownership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
• Growth Mindset: We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.
• Customer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.

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
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually
• 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), new hire home office equipment, and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12 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
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• Our customers love us! They’ve said we’re the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.
• We care a lot about product innovation. We’ve made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
• 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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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: $165,000 - $247,000 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: $183,000 - $276,000 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: $183,000 - $276,000 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: $165,000 - $247,000 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: $165,000 - $247,000 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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