Software Engineer II

<div class="content-intro"><p>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. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at <a href="http://amplitude.com">amplitude.com</a>.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity &amp; Inclusion (DEI): </strong>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.</p></div><h3><strong>About The Role &amp; Team</strong></h3> <p>The Data Warehouse team builds the systems that connect Amplitude to the broader data ecosystem — import connectors that bring data in from external platforms (Snowflake, Azure Blob Storage, S3, Databricks, and more), and export infrastructure that pushes data back out to the tools customers already use. We also own the configuration layer that manages the lifecycle of those connections and credentials.</p> <p>As a Software Engineer II on the Data Warehouse team, you'll help build and scale the systems that power these integrations. You'll tackle real infrastructure challenges — extreme throughput, millisecond-level latency, close-to-zero downtime — and collaborate closely with Product, Design, and customers to shape what we build next.</p> <p>Our stack includes Java, Kafka, Temporal, DynamoDB, Amazon S3, GCS, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and Terraform. You'll bring your ideas to a group of curious, driven engineers who care deeply about the craft.</p> <h4><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Take ideas from ideation to implementation</li> <li>Develop reliable and maintainable backend services that integrate with data warehouses and cloud platforms</li> <li>Optimize the performance and scale of our data import/export infrastructure to handle ever-increasing volume</li> <li>Collaborate with Product and Design to iterate on our product</li> <li>Contribute to engineering discussions and apply engineering best practices</li> <li>Participate in design and code reviews</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Skills and Experience</strong></h4> <ul> <li>B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another related technical field</li> <li>2+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role and 1+ years of experience with Java</li> <li>Strong foundation in programming, algorithms, and software application design</li> <li>Passionate about data processing, solving challenging problems, and iterating quickly</li> <li>Previous experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, distributed systems, or data analytics is a plus</li> </ul> <h2>Our values:</h2> <p>At Amplitude, our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Humility: </strong>We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.</li> <li><strong>Ownership: </strong>We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.</li> <li><strong>Growth Mindset: </strong>We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.</li> <li><strong>Customer Centricity:</strong> We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.</li> </ul> <p><strong>We care about the well-being of our team:</strong> We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.</p> <p>Some of our benefit programs include:</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Flexible time off, ​p​aid holiday