Amplitude
Staff Software Engineer - SDK iOS
San Francisco, CA · Staff+
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$23,187 more — $221,187 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $221,187 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2's Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams.
- Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado.
- Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction, architecture, and long-term evolution of Amplitude's iOS SDK platform.
- Own and drive development of core iOS SDKs, including Analytics and Session Replay, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and ease of use.
- Act as the iOS platform expert and trusted partner for other SDK teams (Experiment, Guides, Surveys), enabling them to build on shared foundations safely and efficiently.
- Design and evolve shared infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions that scale across multiple iOS SDKs.
- Collaborate closely with Product, and Customer Support to ensure SDKs meet real customer needs.
- Lead cross-team technical discussions, reviews, and architectural decisions that span multiple SDKs.
Compensation
- $220,000 - $331,000 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: $198,000 - $299,000 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: $198,000 - $299,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)
Company info
- A strong focus on developer experience and empathy for the engineers who use your work.
- Expertise in iOS platform internals and best practices.
- A track record of technical leadership where others look to you for guidance and decision-making.
- Strong judgment in making tradeoffs between API design, performance, backward compatibility, and speed of delivery.
- Comfort working across team boundaries and influencing without direct authority.
- A high bar for code quality, testing, and long-term maintainability.
- The ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time spent on iOS development.
- Deep expertise in iOS platform internals and best practices.
- Strong proficiency in Swift and Objective-C, with experience using modern iOS APIs, frameworks, and development tools.
- Experience designing public APIs with a strong focus on stability and backward compatibility.
- Experience debugging complex issues across a wide range of mobile devices and OS versions.
- Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, and concurrency on iOS.
This listing is sourced directly from Amplitude's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.