Amplitude

Amplitude

Senior AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$286kDetected 18 hours ago
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About the role

  • We're looking for a Senior 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
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years building production LLM or applied AI systems
  • 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.
  • You listen closely to users and customers, but you also anticipate their needs and lead with creative, forward-looking solutions
  • 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

Skills

  • You see across disparate tools, data sources, and teams, and connect them into cohesive, contextual AI-powered experiences

Compensation

  • $211,000 - $316,000 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: $190,000 - $286,000 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: $190,000 - $286,000 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!
  • $190,000 - $286,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Company info

  • You see AI as a way to reshape how teams and customers think, plan, and execute, not just a feature to bolt on
  • 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)
  • 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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