Amplitude · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Android DX
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $286K/yr
8+ years expAmplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,300 customers build better products and digital experiences. The Staff Software Engineer, Android will lead the design and development of Amplitude’s core Android SDKs, focusing on performance, reliability, and ease of use while collaborating with various teams to ensure SDKs meet customer needs.
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Responsibilities
Lead the technical direction, architecture, and long-term evolution of Amplitude’s Android SDK platform
Own and drive development of core Android SDKs, including Analytics and Session Replay, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and ease of use
Act as the Android platform expert and trusted partner for other SDK teams (Experiment, Guides, Surveys), enabling them to build on shared foundations safely and efficiently
Design and evolve shared infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions that scale across multiple Android SDKs
Collaborate closely with Product, and Customer Support to ensure SDKs meet real customer needs
Lead cross-team technical discussions, reviews, and architectural decisions that span multiple SDKs
Improve developer experience through better APIs, documentation, tooling, testing strategies, and sample apps
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, raising the overall quality and effectiveness of the team
Qualification
Required
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time spent on Android development
Deep expertise in Android platform internals and best practices
Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java, and experience with modern Android APIs and tooling
Experience designing public APIs with a strong focus on stability and backward compatibility
Experience debugging complex issues across a wide range of Android devices and OS versions
Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, and concurrency on Android
Preferred
A strong focus on developer experience and empathy for the engineers who use your work
A track record of technical leadership where others look to you for guidance and decision-making
Strong judgment in making tradeoffs between API design, performance, backward compatibility, and speed of delivery
Comfort working across team boundaries and influencing without direct authority
A high bar for code quality, testing, and long-term maintainability
The ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical partners
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
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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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