Software Engineer II, Growth

Amplitude•San Francisco, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Growth organization at Amplitude is dedicated to ensuring users derive long-term value from the platform. This team is pivotal in driving expansion within existing accounts, particularly by helping new users get started, become activated, utilize AI for insights, discover relevant product features, and expand usage across teams and departments. This role is crucial for large, complex organizations aiming for broad adoption, which directly impacts retention and revenue. The team collaborates across Amplitude's core product suite and integrations, working closely with Product, Design, and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams. They emphasize rapid iteration, frequent testing, and data-driven decision-making. Their work encompasses user activation, feature adoption, habit formation, and expansion, covering the entire user lifecycle from new user to loyal advocate. This position is ideal for a product-minded engineer who desires end-to-end ownership of significant projects and wants to influence the strategy and systems behind customer adoption.

Requirements

Strong experience with modern web technologies, especially React, Node.js, and GraphQL
Ability to break down complex problems and own features from idea to release
Deep consideration for the user experience and how technical decisions impact the customer
Proficiency in using data to make product decisions and comfort working through ambiguity
Clear, proactive, and empathetic communication across functions
Bias toward action and iterative learning—shipping, testing, and adapting
Motivation to build systems that drive business impact and user success
Growth mindset: motivated by moving metrics and driving concrete business outcomes while solving customer pain points
Experience using AI tools (like Cursor, ChatGPT or Claude) to accelerate workflows

Nice To Haves

Experience with product-led growth or expansion initiatives
Experience building in-product education, onboarding, or integration surfaces
Comfort designing for enterprise users and scaling systems across diverse organizational structures
Understanding of experimentation and A/B testing platforms
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives or working closely with GTM partners

Responsibilities

Design and build product features that drive activation, engagement, and cross-team expansion
Work across the full stack using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and GraphQL
Build experiences that improve user onboarding, feature discovery, and product education
Create third party connections, allowing other products to integrate with Amplitude
Collaborate with Product, Design, GTM, and other engineers to prioritize and deliver impact
Use data to identify opportunities and measure outcomes
Leverage AI coding tools to speed up development while staying grounded in system understanding
Improve the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the code you touch

Benefits

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
Generous stipends for wellness, commuter transit/parking, learning and development, and home office equipment
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
High quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan
Unlimited PTO (Washington state)
10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary) (Washington state)