Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI

Amplitude is the leading Amplitude is the leading digital analytics platform, helping over 4,300 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, Square, and Under Armour—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. Ranked #1 across multiple categories by G2, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at

amplitude.com

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

Amplitude’s Commitment To Diversity Equity & Inclusion (dei)

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.

About The Role & Team

The Workspaces team is a core vertical product team responsible for driving engagement and retention of our core Analytics product. We’ve been industry leaders in the data visualization space and have first in class tools in behavioral analytics. We are taking the next step in this journey by automating insights and workflows that are performed manually by our customers today.

As a

Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI

, you will:

Partner closely with PM and Design, and AI Infra teams to build workflows, automations, and insights that leverage our existing products.

Collaborate with AI Infra teams to both define and expand existing capabilities

Building agentic workflows for our core use cases (data analysis through charts and dashboards)

Integrate with LLMs and experiment with different methodologies of providing context to generate relevant and actionable insights

Launch and drive adoption of automated insights

You'll Be A Great Addition To The Team If You Have

You have experience building products leveraging LLMs

You have experience building and deploying services on AWS or similar cloud providers

You have proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, Javascript

You have experience with both relational and NoSQL databases

You have experience shipping consumer facing products leveraging LLMs

You believe in shipping quickly and learning through experimentation

Who We Are

The Company

Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.

The Product

Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

We Care About The Well-being Of Our Team

We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.

Some Of Our Benefit Programs Include

Excellent ​M​edical, ​D​ental and ​V​ision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee ​M​edical, ​D​ental,​ ​​​​​​​​Vision on select plans

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), home office equipment (annual), and much more

Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12-20 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 and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)

Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)​

Other Fun Facts About Amplitude

We were recognized in the

Newsweek Excellence Index 2024

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Our customers love us! They've said we're the

#1 product analytics solution

for 15 quarters in a row on G2.

We're focused on growth. Check us out in Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 500™

We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.

We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.

We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.

We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.

We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.

Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

This Role Is Eligible For Equity, Benefits And Other Forms Of Compensation.

Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $190,000 - $286,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $212,000 - $319,000 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 San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $212,000 - $319,000 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)

Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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