Senior Software Engineer (Data Pipeline)

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 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, About our Team Our infrastructure teams build and operate the backend systems that power Amplitude's products at massive scale — handling more than 1 trillion events per month. We work on the systems that move, store, transform, and serve customer data: real‑time and batch ingestion, identity resolution, data import and export connectors, privacy and compliance, and the operational reliability of everything in between. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll take on complex infrastructure challenges: designing for extreme throughput, optimizing for millisecond latencies, and building resilient systems that run with close to zero downtime. You'll work closely with Product and partner engineering teams to shape the roadmap and turn customer needs into reliable, well‑architected systems. Our stack is primarily Java and Python, running on Kafka, Temporal, DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and Terraform. This is a senior role, so beyond your own delivery you'll be a technical anchor for the team: leading design discussions, mentoring engineers, and raising the bar for how we build. Responsibilities Take infrastructure projects from ideation to production Design and build highly reliable, maintainable backend services that scale with our customer base Optimize the performance and cost of our data infrastructure as volume continues to grow Collaborate with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions Lead engineering discussions and apply and advocate for engineering best practices Drive design and code reviews Mentor and contribute to the success of engineers across the team Qualifications B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another related technical field 5+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role, with 2+ years working in Java Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design Passionate about building backend infrastructure, solving challenging problems, and iterating quickly Previous experience in distributed systems and large‑scale backend services Experience leading or mentoring engineers is a plus Previous experience with stream processing, message queues, or data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka) is a plus Previous experience operating production systems on Kubernetes or running infrastructure as code with Terraform is a plus Benefits Competitive medical, dental, and vision programs Paid family bonding time off and family forming benefits Annual leave plus holidays Fully paid disability and life insurance programs Wellness and Learning and Development allowances and more… Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) Our Values 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Amplitude