Staff Software Engineer, Amplitude

• Proven experience operating at a Staff-level scope. You’ve 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

Desirable

• This isn’t a “take tickets and ship code” role. You’ll operate as an owner, shaping both the product and the technical direction of a system used by some of the most sophisticated product teams in the world
• You’ll work across the stack, React frontend, Node.js and Python backend, to build intuitive, high-performance experiences that make experimentation accessible, powerful, and trustworthy
• 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