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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.\nAs 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.\nAbout The Role & Team\nThe 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.\nAs 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.\nYou'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.\nResponsibilities\nBuild and ship backend features and APIs for exploring agent sessions, traces, and evaluation results, with guidance from experienced engineers\n\nContribute to data pipelines that ingest, enrich, synchronize, and export agent data, including tests and validation that keep the data accurate\n\nInvestigate slow queries and pipeline issues, and help improve data freshness, processing throughput, and the responsiveness of customer-facing features\n\nWrite maintainable code and automated tests, participate in code reviews, and use logs and metrics to debug services and make background jobs more reliable\n\nWork with Engineering, Product, and Design to understand customer needs and deliver well-scoped improvements from implementation through rollout, with mentorship along the way\n\nSkills and Experience\nB.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another related technical field, or equivalent practical experience\n\n0-2 years of professional software engineering experience, including internships\n\nComfortable programming in at least one language such as TypeScript, Python, Java, or a similar language, through coursework, projects, internships, or professional experience\n\nSolid foundation in programming fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms\n\nCurious 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\n\nExposure to SQL, backend APIs, cloud infrastructure, or data pipelines is a plus. Projects involving AI agents, LLM applications, tracing, or evaluations are also welcome\n\nThis role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.\nBased on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $125,000 - $188,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)\nBased on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $138,000 - $207,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)\nBased on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $138,000 - $207,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)\nBased on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $125,000 - $188,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)\nBased on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range: $125,000 - $188,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)\nBased on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.\nOur values:\nAt Amplitude, our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:\nHumility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.\n\nOwnership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.\n\nGrowth Mindset: We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.\n\nCustomer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.\n\nWe 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.\nSome of our benefit programs include:\nExcellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans\n\n401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually\n\nFlexible time off, paid holidays, and more\n\nGenerous 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\n\nExcellent Parental benefits including: 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support\n\nMental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy sessions\n\nEmployee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\n\nOther fun facts about Amplitude:\nOur customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.\n\nWe 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.\n\nWe invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.\n\nWe give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.\n\nWe were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.\n\nWe’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.\n\nOur mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. 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