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Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Platform San Francisco, CA

Amplitude
San Francisco, California, US
Full-time

Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Platform

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. More than 2,300 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike’s, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey.

Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action.

When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth.

As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) : Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions.

We strive to create an environment of inclusion one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About The Role & Team

Our platform team is responsible for building and maintaining the build, deployment and other productivity tools for other engineers in Amplitude.

We are approaching this goal like a normal software development with other engineers as our customers. Our main focus in last year was building a new CI / CD pipeline using Argo toolset while our this year’s focus will be building a development and debugging environment for our engineers.

Please read the information in this job post thoroughly to understand exactly what is expected of potential candidates.

This is a highly technical role with an equal focus on nurturing and strengthening a team of highly experienced engineers, providing people management, and driving projects to successful, on-time and measurable outcomes.

As the manager for the Analytics Foundation Engineering team, you will :

  • Lead the team, taking ideas from concept to implementation by organizing ideas from the team and other engineers (which are our customers).
  • You will lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of multiple projects up to demonstrating the outcomes.
  • Facilitate engineering discussions and mentor others on technical implementation, engineering best practices, and career development.
  • Help other engineers to grow and adopt the new tools and technologies.

You'll be a great addition to the team if you :

  • Have exceptional communication skills and a track record of successful delivery / execution.
  • Believe it’s important for engineering managers to stay close to technical problems and continue to contribute independently, as time allows.
  • Have worked in an engineering management or technical leadership role before. Experience hiring, mentoring, coaching, and retaining engineers at all levels.
  • Having a strong technical background in some tools like Kubernetes and Argo toolset is a must.
  • Consistently make culture choices that positively impact the broader engineering team.

Who We Are

The Company : Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed.

Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work : we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.

The Product : Amplitude is a digital analytics platform we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action.

This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand : a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

We care about the well-being of our team : We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our Ampliteers.

Some of our benefit programs include :

  • 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 to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), learning and development (annual), commuter transit / parking (monthly), 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)
  • Business Insider : A top tech company to bet your career on.
  • Fast Company : #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
  • Founded in 2012, Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
  • We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
  • Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.

Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range : $254,000 - $381,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City.

New York City salary range : $282,000 - $423,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Salary range : $282,000 - $423,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.

California salary range : $254,000 - $381,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state.

Washington salary range : $254,000 - $381,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only : unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans.

Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan."

Staying Safe - Protect Yourself From Recruitment Fraud

We are aware of individuals and entities fraudulently representing themselves as Amplitude recruiters and / or hiring managers.

Amplitude will never ask for financial information or payment, or for personal information such as bank account number or social security number during the job application or interview process.

Any emails from the Amplitude recruiting team will come from an @amplitude.com email address. You can learn more about how to protect yourself from these types of fraud by referring tothis article .

Please exercise caution and cease communications if something feels suspicious about your interactions.

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To help hold ourselves accountable to our diversity and inclusion objectives, and for government reporting purposes, please take a few moments to complete the below self-identification survey.

Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.

Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

Why is Amplitude collecting demographic data? What is Amplitude trying to achieve by collecting this data?

Collecting demographic data is part of our commitment to inclusivity and fairness in the hiring process. Amplitude has made a commitment that all candidates experience a fair and equitable hiring process.

As a data-driven company, we believe you can’t improve something if you can’t measure it. We are implementing methods to measure fairness in the Amplitude hiring process, and we need demographic data from applicants to achieve these goals.

As set forth in Amplitude's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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