Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior AI Software Engineer role stands out in SaaS because it applies AI product engineering to the internal operating systems that keep subscription businesses running. Rather than shipping customer-facing features, the work sits at the intersection of enterprise SaaS platforms like Workday and Greenhouse and modern agentic tooling, reflecting a broader shift toward AI-native workflows inside mature software companies.
For a long-term SaaS career, the strongest signal here is end-to-end ownership across integration design, cloud deployment, and security for sensitive people data. Experience building reliable APIs and event-driven automations across HR, finance, and planning systems translates well to other SaaS environments where data consistency, auditability, and operational leverage matter. The role also offers practical exposure to evaluating emerging AI frameworks while maintaining production-grade standards, a combination increasingly valued as more SaaS teams move from prototypes to durable AI systems.
This position is best suited to senior engineers who prefer autonomy and clear technical accountability, and who enjoy translating ambiguous operational needs into software that non-technical stakeholders can trust. It will appeal to those interested in applied AI, systems integration, and the craft of building internal platforms that scale with the organization.
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
Amplitude's People Systems & AI team is on a mission to rebuild how HR teams interact with technology—moving from manual, system-centric workflows to AI-native, outcome-driven experiences. We are building a modern HR stack powered by multi-agent orchestration, custom applications, and intelligent automation layered on top of our core systems (Workday, Greenhouse, Anaplan, NetSuite, and more). As our Senior AI Software Engineer, you'll be the primary technical builder on the team, owning the design, development, and production lifecycle of custom AI-powered applications that connect and orchestrate data across our people systems.
As a Senior AI Software Engineer, you will:
- Build custom AI-powered applications and multi-agent pipelines that orchestrate data and workflows across people, finance, and enterprise systems—think automated recruiting assistants, performance review agents, and workforce planning triggers
- Own end-to-end development of secure, production-grade internal tools, including architecture, AWS cloud infrastructure, security, deployment, and maintenance
- Design and build API integrations that make data flow reliably and safely between HR platforms, with security-first design for sensitive employee data
- Partner closely with HRBPs, recruiters, finance, and People leadership to translate business requirements into working software that non-technical users can actually use and trust
- Drive technical evaluation of new AI tools and frameworks, contributing to our two-track roadmap of committed outcome-based projects and short-cycle experiments on emerging capabilities
You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:
- Familiarity with HR or people systems (Workday, Anaplan, ATS like Greenhouse, Ashby or similar)—you don't need to be an admin, but understanding the data model matters
- Experience with iPaaS or integration platforms like Workato, MuleSoft, or Zapier, and a sense for when to use them vs. writing custom code
- Hands-on experience with low-code/pro-code app builders like Superblocks or Lovable for shipping internal tools quickly
- Experience with multi-agent orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or similar) and agentic AI patterns like tool use, memory, planning, and chaining
- Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where the roadmap evolves and priorities shift as new capabilities emerge
At a minimum, you need to have:
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals across frontend and backend development, including proficiency in Python and/or Node.js
- Hands-on experience building and consuming REST APIs and event-driven integrations
- Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, RDS, or similar)
- Strong understanding of security best practices for applications handling sensitive or personal data
- Experience with AI/ML APIs and LLM integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar)—building agents, RAG pipelines, or AI-powered workflows
- Ability to work autonomously, move fast, and make sound architectural decisions without heavy oversight
Our values:
At Amplitude, our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:
- Humility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
- Ownership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
- Growth Mindset: We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.
- Customer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.
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:
- Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.
- We care a lot about product innovation. We've made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
- 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: $165,000 - $247,000 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: $183,000 - $276,000 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: $183,000 - $276,000 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: $165,000 - $247,000 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: $165,000 - $247,000 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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