Amplitude
Senior Software Engineer (Data Pipeline)
Vancouver · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 74 days ago
PythonJavaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentAlgorithmsCode ReviewDynamoDBSnowflakeKubernetesTerraformTemporalKafkaMentoring
About the role
- Our stack is primarily Java and Python, running on Kafka, Temporal, DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution https://www.g2.com/categories/product-analytics/enterprise for 23 quarters in a row on G2. - We care a lot about product innovation.
- We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo. - Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
Compensation
- Annual leave plus holidays
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!
Company info
- 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
- 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)
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