Senior AI Software Engineer

About The Role & Team

Amplitudes People Systems & AI team is on a mission to rebuild how HR teams interact with technologymoving from manual system-centric workflows to AI-native outcome-driven experiences. We are building a modern HR stack powered by multi-agent orchestration custom applications and intelligent automation layered on top of our core systems (Workday Greenhouse Anaplan NetSuite and more). As our Senior AI Software Engineer youll be the primary technical builder on the team owning the design development and production lifecycle of custom AI-powered applications that connect and orchestrate data across our people systems.

As a Senior AI Software Engineer you will:

• Build custom AI-powered applications and multi-agent pipelines that orchestrate data and workflows across people finance and enterprise systemsthink automated recruiting assistants performance review agents and workforce planning triggers
• Own end-to-end development of secure production-grade internal tools including architecture AWS cloud infrastructure security deployment and maintenance
• Design and build API integrations that make data flow reliably and safely between HR platforms with security-first design for sensitive employee data
• Partner closely with HRBPs recruiters finance and People leadership to translate business requirements into working software that non-technical users can actually use and trust
• Drive technical evaluation of new AI tools and frameworks contributing to our two-track roadmap of committed outcome-based projects and short-cycle experiments on emerging capabilities

Youll be a great addition to the team if you have:

• Familiarity with HR or people systems (Workday Anaplan ATS like Greenhouse Ashby or similar)you dont need to be an admin but understanding the data model matters
• Experience with iPaaS or integration platforms like Workato MuleSoft or Zapier and a sense for when to use them vs. writing custom code
• Hands-on experience with low-code/pro-code app builders like Superblocks or Lovable for shipping internal tools quickly
• Experience with multi-agent orchestration frameworks (LangChain LangGraph CrewAI or similar) and agentic AI patterns like tool use memory planning and chaining
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where the roadmap evolves and priorities shift as new capabilities emerge

At a minimum you need to have:

• 5 years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals across frontend and backend development including proficiency in Python and/or
• Hands-on experience building and consuming REST APIs and event-driven integrations
• Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (Lambda S3 API Gateway RDS or similar)
• Strong understanding of security best practices for applications handling sensitive or personal data
• Experience with AI/ML APIs and LLM integrations (OpenAI Anthropic or similar)building agents RAG pipelines or AI-powered workflows
• Ability to work autonomously move fast and make sound architectural decisions without heavy oversight

Our values:

At Amplitude our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:

• Humility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness seeking to understand many points of view.
• Ownership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
• Growth Mindset: Were tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.
• Customer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.

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

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• Our customers love us! Theyve said were the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.
• We care a lot about product innovation. Weve made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
• We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs management training and wellness initiatives.
• We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
• We were founded in 2012 went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
• Were a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ) New York Vancouver Amsterdam London Paris Singapore and Tokyo.
• Our mascot is Data Monster 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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.