Staff Software Engineer

Amplitude • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Amplitude is seeking a Staff Product Engineer to join its rapidly growing and strategic Experiment team. This role is crucial for redefining how companies learn, iterate, and ship better experiences by working at the intersection of product, data, and decision-making. The engineer will shape both the product and technical direction of a system used by sophisticated product teams globally. The role involves working across the full stack, including React frontend and Node.js/Python backend, to build intuitive, high-performance, and trustworthy experimentation experiences.

Requirements

• Proven experience operating at a Staff-level scope.
• Led large, ambiguous initiatives with significant business impact.
• Strong full-stack expertise (React + backend systems such as Node.js and/or Python).
• A deep sense of ownership - you don’t wait for direction; you create it.
• Exceptional product taste - you care deeply about UX, details, and building things people love.
• An AI-native mindset - you actively use and experiment with the latest AI tools to amplify your impact and rethink how software gets built.
• Ability to balance speed and quality in a high-velocity environment.
• Strong judgment in technical trade-offs and system design.

Nice To Haves

• You think like a product builder first, engineer second.
• You’re constantly reinventing how you work, using cutting-edge tools and workflows to achieve outsized results.
• You’re energized by open-ended problems with no clear “right” answer.
• You hold a high bar, not just for your own work, but for the team and product as a whole.
• You turn ambiguity into clarity and momentum.

Responsibilities

• Own critical product surfaces end-to-end from ideation to production and beyond.
• Drive product direction in partnership with design and product leaders.
• Build and evolve systems across React, Node.js, and Python that scale with customer growth.
• Leverage modern AI tooling to dramatically accelerate development, prototyping, and iteration cycles.
• Raise the bar for engineering quality - code, architecture, and user experience.
• Lead by example - through hands-on development, technical mentorship, and thoughtful decision-making.
• Move fast on ambiguous problems, turning ideas into shipped, customer-facing value.

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, and more
• Generous stipends for 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)
• Company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan
• Unlimited PTO
• 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees