Staff Software Engineer - DevX
Amplitude · Remote · Remote-NAMER ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level role
- Hybrid in San Francisco
- DevX & Platform focus
- AI agent workflows
- Cloud-first development
The DevX team owns engineering velocity at Amplitude by managing build systems, CI/CD, and internal tooling. You will lead the creation of a software factory that automates workflows and removes bottlenecks from code shipping.
As a Staff Engineer, you will set technical direction for the developer platform and bridge infrastructure with application thinking. The role requires owning initiatives end-to-end, from ambiguous problems to production, while mentoring other senior engineers.
What you'll do
- Unify and scale local, remote, and ephemeral development environments
- Build sandboxes and tooling for AI agents to execute work directly
- Own build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer tooling
- Reduce build times, deployment risks, and feedback latency
- Set technical direction and standards for the developer platform
- Mentor senior and staff engineers through design reviews and pairing
What you'll need
- Staff-level engineering experience with significant impact
- Full-stack skills with strong backend and systems expertise
- Experience moving development workflows into the cloud
- Track record of shipping tooling that improved engineering velocity
- Hands-on experience building agentic or AI-powered engineering workflows
- Ability to drive alignment and set direction without formal authority
Nice to have
- Experience with monorepo tooling or large-scale platform migrations
- Knowledge of agent harness infrastructure like eval frameworks
- Experience with orchestration or sandboxing for LLMs
How you'll work
- Hybrid work model based in San Francisco
- High-leverage role with low oversight
- End-to-end ownership of initiatives
What you get
- 100% employer-paid premiums for select medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible time off and paid holidays
- Monthly wellness and commuter stipends
- Quarterly learning and development stipends
- Annual home office equipment stipend
- 12-20 weeks of paid parental leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match