Senior Software Engineer, Amplitude

• If you care about building developer tools that are elegant, robust, and deeply useful — this is the role for you
• Passion for developer experience — you think about how your work feels to other engineers
• Interest in customer interaction, debugging tricky issues, and creating helpful documentation
• Attention to detail and commitment to high-quality, maintainable code
• A track record of shipping libraries or SDKs with elegant, intuitive APIs
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, algorithms, and system design
• Enthusiasm for working across languages and frameworks to solve cross-platform problems
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field
• 6+ years of experience working in a Software Engineering role
• Previous experience with React Native, Native iOS / Swift, or Native Android / Kotlin development

Desirable

• The SDK team at Amplitude builds the next generation of SDKs that power how customers collect data, understand user behavior, and take real-time action
• Our libraries help capture session replays, automatically detect performance issues, error signals, and frustration indicators, and enable key product actions like experimentation, in-app guides, and surveys
• We are responsible for core Analytics and Session Replay SDKs and the frameworks that product teams build on top of
• Our team defines development standards, owns the technical architecture, and unblocks teams across Amplitude with deep platform expertise
• We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our SDK team
• In this role, you'll have full ownership over Amplitude’s open source React Native SDKs and contribute to other cross-platform libraries like Flutter
• Our SDKs are used by thousands of developers to send hundreds of billions of events to Amplitude every month
• Lead React Native SDK Development: Design, build, and maintain our React Native SDKs with a focus on performance, scalability, and developer usability
• Contribute Across Platforms: Support development of Flutter and potentially other mobile SDKs to maintain a consistent experience across ecosystems
• Drive Developer Experience: Own the usability of our SDKs by designing intuitive APIs, writing clean and thorough documentation, and supporting integration flows
• Build UI Components: Use React to build frontend components and tools that showcase SDK features or help developers test/debug integrations
• Support SDK Integration: Partner with customers and internal teams to troubleshoot issues and guide successful integration of our SDKs
• Automate Release Pipelines: Enhance CI/CD systems for publishing to npm and other package managers with a smooth, reliable release process
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers across Amplitude to deliver impactful SDK features
• Champion Engineering Excellence: Lead design discussions, contribute to architecture reviews, and mentor teammates on SDK best practices