Amplitude
Staff AI Engineer
San Francisco · Staff+
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About the role
- We're looking for a Staff AI Engineer to help advance Amplitude's AI products and the foundations they're built on.
- This role is both visionary and hands-on.
- You'll contribute to customer-facing AI products, the platform infrastructure beneath them, and the internal tooling that helps Amplitude operate as an AI-native company.
Responsibilities
- Design and build the foundational infrastructure behind Amplitude's AI systems: orchestration, evaluation, retrieval, context management, and integrations with the broader product ecosystem
- Establish reusable patterns, primitives, and components that enable other engineers to build AI features confidently and consistently
- Drive adoption and quality through close collaboration with product, design, and customer-facing teams, with a relentless focus on real usage and measurable outcomes
- Set technical direction for AI systems at Amplitude, making thoughtful build vs. buy calls, shaping evaluation strategy, and influencing the long-term roadmap
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years building production LLM or applied AI systems
- We've made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
Requirements
- You're a highly capable engineer with a strong track record of shipping AI-powered systems that people actually use.
- Experience & Skills
- Experience designing and scaling AI products, platforms, or developer tools with real users and real reliability constraints
- you know when to prototype, when to harden, and when to invest in durable infrastructure
Compensation
- $254,000 - $381,000 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: $227,000 - $341,000 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: $227,000 - $341,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)
Benefits
- We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.
- We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
- We're a global and fast-growing team!
- Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.
Company info
- Excellent M edical, D ental and V ision 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, p aid 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
- Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy sessions
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Ship high-impact AI features and products that change how customers and internal teams work, from agentic workflows to embedded intelligence across the Amplitude platform
- Our customers love us!
- We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
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