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Staff Software Engineer

Amplitude
Location
San Francisco, CA
Posted
2 months ago
Department
Engineering : Data
Salary
$198,000 - $299,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 7+ years of industry experience in backend or infrastructure engineering, with depth in distributed data systems
  • Hands-on experience building or extending analytical/OLAP systems
  • Track record of driving significant cost optimization on cloud infrastructure at scale
  • Strong computer science fundamentals: distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, concurrency and multi-threading, performance optimization
  • Production experience with modern cloud infrastructure
  • Proficiency in Java, C++, or Python
Nice to have
  • Experience with specific OLAP or query engine systems
  • Deep JVM expertise
  • Experience with columnar data formats and encodings
  • Familiarity with product analytics, experimentation platforms, or event-driven data systems
  • Contributions to open-source data infrastructure projects
What the job really is

As a Staff Software Engineer at Amplitude, you will work on the OLAP engine, Nova, focusing on improving its performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability. Your responsibilities will include building core query engine infrastructure, optimizing system performance, and mentoring other engineers. You'll engage with various engineering teams to ensure Nova's capabilities deliver customer value while participating in on-call rotations to enhance operational excellence.

Benefits
  • Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages
  • Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
  • Generous stipends for wellness, commuter transit, learning and development, home office equipment
  • Excellent Parental benefits including Paid Parental Leave
  • Mental health and wellness benefits including access to coaching and therapy
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
Things to weigh
  • No specific technologies mentioned for the OLAP engine beyond general terms
  • The role involves on-call responsibilities which may affect work-life balance
  • Salary ranges are provided but vary by location, with no specific figure for the San Francisco Bay Area mentioned
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