Amplitude · 1 month ago
Platform Engineer II
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$138K/yr - $207K/yr
3+ years expAmplitude is the leading digital analytics platform, helping over 4,300 customers build better products and digital experiences. As a Platform Engineer II, you’ll own small- to medium-sized platform features and collaborate with engineers to enhance Kubernetes for developers by creating self-service automation and scalable infrastructure on AWS.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement platform capabilities that improve developer experience, reliability, or security
Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code for Kubernetes and AWS using Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, and other emerging tools
Contribute to and improve our CI/CD pipelines (Argo CD / Workflows / Rollouts, GitHub Actions)
Instrument services with observability tooling (Datadog, Amplitude) and own monitoring dashboards
Participate fully in the on‑call rotation, driving incident resolution and root‑cause analysis
Proactively identify technical debt and propose pragmatic remediation plans
Collaborate with product engineers to understand their needs and translate them into platform features
Provide informal mentorship to Platform Engineer I team members and interns
Qualification
Required
3-5 years of experience in software development, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering, including hands-on work with cloud infrastructure
Production experience operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, AKS, or on-prem) and containerized applications
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Golang, Python preferred) and IaC tooling (Terraform)
Working knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, ALB, S3) and networking/security fundamentals
Familiarity with GitOps workflows and CNCF ecosystem tools (Argo, Helm, Backstage, Envoy, etc.)
Demonstrated success improving system reliability, performance, or developer productivity
Strong communication skills, ability to break down complex topics for diverse audiences, and a bias for collaborative problem solving
Commitment to continuous learning and a pragmatic, business-aligned engineering mindset
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 to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s 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)
Unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans
Company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan
Company
Amplitude
Amplitude is a product intelligence platform that provides digital product tools that help teams run and grow their businesses.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$311.48MKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalGICIVP
2021-09-28IPO
2021-08-01Secondary Market· $4.6M
2021-06-09Series F· $150M
Leadership Team
Spenser Skates
CEO, Co-Founder
Curtis Liu
Co-founder, CTO
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