Senior Security Engineer, Amplitude
Product analytics company
Job no longer available
Product analytics company
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the epicenter of digital business.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for security generalists with a strong grasp of security and engineering fundamentals
- 4+ years of security engineering experience OR equivalent experience in a SWE/DevOps role and an interest in working on security engineering initiatives
- Familiarity with security detection techniques (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA), threat modeling frameworks (OWASP, MITRE, STRIDE, DREAD), and how they are used together to improve product security through design reviews
- A solid understanding of modern software development principles and design patterns, including the ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code (in Java, Typescript, Python, etc.)
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-based infrastructure like AWS
- Curiosity and a willingness to learn
What the job involves
- As a Security Engineer, you will help identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Amplitude’s platform, products, and internal systems. The mission of the Amplitude Security team is to help Ampliteers ship the most secure product to our users
- You will partner closely with teams across the company and focus on systemic security improvements and risk reduction. You will also maximize your security skills to support and participate in operational security responsibilities like security reviews and consulting, threat research/bug-bounty triage, incident response, and risk management
- Perform technical security assessments, code audits, and design reviews
- Clearly communicate the risk of security issues to developers, including proof-of-concept code as necessary to demonstrate the potential severity
- Partner with Engineering to establish comprehensive visibility into potential risk events across a cloud-native environment
- Create and refine telemetry, detection capabilities, and response playbooks required to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber risk events efficiently
- Manage risks by implementing robust security capabilities for repeatable predictable outcomes and maturation, and by coordinating incident response workflows
- Influence Engineering and Product teams to prioritize and implement all stages of the Vulnerability Management life-cycle - detection, analysis, remediation and disclosure
- Participate in team on-call rotation to support our penetration-testing, bug-bounty, and vulnerability-management programs
Our take
Amplitude provides product analytics to help companies understand user behaviour. Product, marketing, and growth teams use Amplitude to discover and share insights about user engagement, retention, and revenue.
Amplitude’s user flows reveal which actions are the most commonly taken after users sign up, and which usually precede purchases made in-app, creating paths through the app. The behaviour of individual app users can be viewed with unlimited real-time activity feeds and user timelines.
Thousands of companies use Amplitude analytics including Microsoft, Under Armour, Intuit, Twitter, Bonobos, Peloton, and many more. In 2024, a securities fraud case was filed against Amplitude due to an IPO and stock share rise that was alleged to be artificially inflated before their downturn in 2022. Whilst this case is ongoing, Amplitude is still releasing new products and operating at full capacity.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
LATE VC
May 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $336m
Company benefits
- We offer a generous 12-week parental leave for fathers/partners and 18-20 weeks for new birthing parents. This leave policy also provides flexible scheduling so you can spend time with your family and bond with your little one. Specific leave policy will vary by country
- We believe it’s important to unplug from work to reset and recharge. We offer flexible vacation time and unlimited PTO — and we encourage you to use it!
- We provide a monthly stipend for the wellness activity of your choosing, from gym memberships and fitness classes to acupuncture and massages
- Equity is an important component of compensation, but it should benefit you (not just the company). In addition to offering competitive RSU grants that vest quarterly over three years, our Employee Stock Purchase Plan gives employees the option to buy below market price
Company values
- Humility - For Amplitude, humility is all about checking its egos at the door.
- Ownership - Ownership means that Amplitude can take the initiative to solve problems that drive its shared company success.
- Growth Mindset - A growth mindset is essential to ensuring every employee at Amplitude can advance their career.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Spenser Skates
(CEO)Previously worked as an Algorithmic Trader, Researcher at DRW Trading Group. They co-found Sonalight but are no longer working at the company.
Curtis Liu
(CTO)Previously worked as a Teaching Assistant at MIT and as a Software Engineer at Google. They co-found Sonalight but are no longer working at the company.
Jeffrey Wang
(Chief Architect)They studied computer science at university. They have extensive experience in software engineering prior to co-founding Amplitude.
People progressing
Joined as Recruiting and Front Desk Coordinator, promoted to Recruiting Operations Associate after 9 months and again to Technical Recruiter after 5 months. They were promoted again to Senior Technical Recruiter in September 2021.
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