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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Entry, Junior · 0+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
You will build and maintain backend features and APIs to support AI agent analytics while contributing to data pipelines for ingestion and processing. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate performance issues and deliver reliable, scalable improvements to the platform.
Job details
Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 5,200 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com. As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do. About The Role & Team The Agent Analytics team builds the systems that help customers understand and improve their AI agents. We turn agent traces, conversations, and evaluation results into useful insights, and connect that activity with the broader product experience. Our backend services and data infrastructure make this information reliable, easy to explore, and fast to query. As a Software Engineer I on the Agent Analytics team, you'll help build the foundation of a growing AI analytics product. You'll start with well-scoped backend and data pipeline features, pair with experienced engineers, and take on more ownership as you grow. Your work could include processing agent traces, building APIs for session exploration and data export, or improving the speed and reliability of our analytics systems. You'll learn how engineering decisions affect the experience customers have with the product. You'll work with technologies such as TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse, and learn how APIs, analytical queries, and asynchronous processing fit together in production. We value strong programming fundamentals and curiosity, and will help you build expertise in our stack and the evolving world of AI agents. Responsibilities Build and ship backend features and APIs for exploring agent sessions, traces, and evaluation results, with guidance from experienced engineers Contribute to data pipelines that ingest, enrich, synchronize, and export agent data, including tests and validation that keep the data accurate Investigate slow queries and pipeline issues, and help improve data freshness, processing throughput, and the responsiveness of customer-facing features Write maintainable code and automated tests, participate in code reviews, and use logs and metrics to debug services and make background jobs more reliable Work with Engineering, Product, and Design to understand customer needs and deliver well-scoped improvements from implementation through rollout, with mentorship along the way Skills and Experience B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another related technical field, or equivalent practical experience 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience, including internships Comfortable programming in at least one language such as TypeScript, Python, Java, or a similar language, through coursework, projects, internships, or professional experience Solid foundation in programming fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms Curious about how AI agents work and how their behavior can be measured; eager to learn backend systems, data pipelines, and analytical databases, and to ask questions and incorporate feedback Exposure to SQL, backend APIs, cloud infrastructure, or data pipelines is a plus. Projects involving AI agents, LLM applications, tracing, or evaluations are also welcome 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: We’re 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 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually 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), new hire home office equipment, and much more Excellent Parental benefits including: 12 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 Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) Other fun facts about Amplitude: Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2. We care a lot about product innovation. We've 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. We’re 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. By applying for this job, you acknowledge that Amplitude processes your personal data in accordance with the Amplitude Applicant Privacy Notice.
What you’ll do
You will build and maintain backend features and APIs to support AI agent analytics while contributing to data pipelines for ingestion and processing. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate performance issues and deliver reliable, scalable improvements to the platform.
Requirements
Candidates should have a degree in a technical field or equivalent experience with 0-2 years of professional software engineering background. Proficiency in at least one programming language like TypeScript or Python and a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals are required.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Wellness stipend
- Commuter transit stipend
- Learning and development stipend
- Home office equipment stipend
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility benefits
- Back-up child care support
- Mental health coaching
- Employee stock purchase program
Listed skills
- TypeScript · Preferred
- Python · Preferred
- PostgreSQL · Preferred
- SQL · Preferred
- Automated testing · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- TypeScript
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- ClickHouse
- Backend development
- Data pipelines
- API development
- SQL
- Cloud infrastructure
- Asynchronous processing
- Debugging
- Automated testing
- Data structures
- Algorithms
- AI agents
- Office Equipment
- ClickHouse DBMS
- Empathy
- Customer Centricity
- Growth Mindedness
- Curiosity
- Willingness To Learn
- Health And Wellness Coaching
- Product Analytics
- AI Agents
- Java (Programming Language)
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mental Health
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Code Review
- Computer Science
- Data Infrastructure
- Data Structures
- Employee Stock Purchase Planning
- Marketing
- Python (Programming Language)
- Management Training And Development
- Mentorship
- Product Innovation
- Software Engineering
- SQL (Programming Language)
- Tenacity
- Data Pipelines
Job areas
- Software
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Engineering
- Software Engineer
- Software Developer / Engineer
- Software Developers