Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Software Engineer role sits at a core junction of the SaaS ecosystem: building new capabilities inside an established analytics platform used for product and marketing decision-making. The emphasis on marketing analytics and AI surfaces two fast-converging domains in SaaS, where customer-facing workflows increasingly depend on trustworthy data, interpretable models, and thoughtful product design.
For a long-term SaaS engineering career, the value is in end-to-end product work that connects interface decisions to measurable outcomes. Full-stack ownership in an analytics context tends to sharpen judgment around instrumentation, data contracts, and how users interpret insights, which are durable skills across SaaS categories. Regular collaboration with product and design, plus customer conversations, also builds the product sense that distinguishes senior engineers in modern SaaS organizations.
This position is best suited to an engineer who prefers building customer-visible functionality rather than working solely on internal infrastructure. It fits someone comfortable iterating from prototype to production while balancing UX quality with pragmatic tradeoffs. It also aligns with professionals who want their technical work to be shaped by real customer feedback and who are curious about how AI features are responsibly integrated into a core SaaS product.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Product Engineer to join our Capabilities Team. In this role, you will be instrumental in building net new capabilities for our core analytics product, with a particular focus on Marketing Analytics and AI products. We are looking for a versatile full-stack engineer who is passionate about creating impactful features from end to end.
What you’ll do:
- Build fullstack features with a bias to frontend and UX ownership
- Pair with product managers, designers, and other engineers to rapidly iterate on new ideas and prototypes
- Talk to customers to understand their needs and what we should build to meet their needs
You might be a fit if:
- You have 3+ years of fullstack engineering experience
- You care deeply about design, usability, and building products people love
- You have strong product intuition and proactively identify improvements without being asked
- You’re comfortable moving fast and making smart tradeoffs
- You’re curious about AI and excited to shape how it gets surfaced to users
- You’re proficient in React and TypeScript for frontend development
- You’re experienced with Node.js or Python for backend development
- You have excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Bonus if:
- You have experience building analytics platforms or products
- You’re familiar with AI product development
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 Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
- Flexible time off, paid 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.
- Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 19 quarters in a row on G2.
- 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 Data Monster, 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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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: $159,000 - $239,000 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: $177,000 - $266,000 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: $177,000 - $266,000 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: $159,000 - $239,000 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: $159,000 - $239,000 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.
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