Amplitude

Amplitude

Senior Software Engineer - SDK

San Francisco, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$247kDetected 19 days ago
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odds of building a lasting career here

59Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role82
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level I · 1×
Level I$137,0931 entry
Level II$165,1312 entries
Level III$193,1493 entries
Level IV$221,1874 entries

$131 more$165,131 — moves this role to Level II and 2 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 $165,131 would place this position at wage Level II. 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.

Employer immigration record

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 6 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Files H-1B transfers

4 transfer filings in the last year, covering 4 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.
  • 5 years experience as a software engineer
  • Experience across multiple language ecosystems

Compensation

  • $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)

Benefits

  • Amplitude's Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI):

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
  • 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)
  • 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.

This listing is sourced directly from Amplitude's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.