Senior Software Engineer (experiment)

Amplitude Amplitude · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Engineering : Blades

Senior Software Engineer role on the Experiment team at Amplitude, an AI analytics platform. The role involves full-stack development (React, Node.js, Python) to build and evolve systems for experimentation, with a focus on leveraging AI tooling to accelerate development and prototyping. The engineer will own critical product surfaces end-to-end and drive product direction.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own critical product surfaces end-to-end from ideation to production and beyond
  2. Drive product direction in partnership with design and product leaders
  3. Build and evolve systems across React, Node.js, and Python that scale with customer growth
  4. Leverage modern AI tooling to dramatically accelerate development, prototyping, and iteration cycles
  5. Raise the bar for engineering quality - code, architecture, and user experience

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering
  • B.S. in Computer Science or an equivalent technical field
  • Proven experience operating at a senior-level scope
  • Strong full-stack expertise (React + backend systems such as Node.js and/or Python)
  • A deep sense of ownership
  • Exceptional product taste
  • An AI-native mindset
  • Ability to balance speed and quality in a high-velocity environment
  • Strong judgment in technical trade-offs and system design

Nice to have

  • You think like a product builder first, engineer second
  • You’re constantly reinventing how you work, using cutting-edge tools and workflows to achieve outsized results
  • You’re energized by open-ended problems with no clear “right” answer
  • You hold a high bar, not just for your own work, but for the team and product as a whole
  • You turn ambiguity into clarity and momentum

What the JD emphasized

  • You’ll operate as an owner, shaping both the product and the technical direction
  • Proven experience operating at a senior-level scope. You’ve led large, ambiguous initiatives with significant business impact
  • A deep sense of ownership - you don’t wait for direction; you create it
  • Exceptional product taste - you care deeply about UX, details, and building things people love
  • An AI-native mindset - you actively use and experiment with the latest AI tools to amplify your impact and rethink how software gets built