Senior Software Engineer; Middleware at Amplitude
San Francisco, CA
$167,000–$230,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within the middleware layer connecting Amplitude's front-end products and APIs to its internal analytics database. The engineer will design and evolve the query and compute engine — including query planning, execution, caching, and the semantic data model — while collaborating with multiple product teams that depend on this infrastructure. It suits backend or distributed-systems engineers with experience in OLAP databases, query engines, or data platform APIs.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,300 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,200–10,700
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The JD does not specify a minimum total years of experience; seniority is inferred from the 'Senior' title and the scope of responsibilities (end-to-end ownership of cross-team, ambiguous projects).
OLAP databases and query engine experience are framed as 'ideally' within the requirements section — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate despite appearing in the requirements-adjacent 'you'll be a great addition' block, which reads as aspirational rather than strictly gatekeeping.
Columnar databases, time-series data systems, semantic layer design, and ORM experience are explicitly listed under 'Bonus points for' — treated as preferred.
The salary range ($167,000–$230,000) is stated as California-specific base salary inclusive of bonus or commission.
The role is based at Amplitude's San Francisco HQ; no explicit remote option is stated, so remote is set to false. The company has global offices but the posting is scoped to California compensation.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): query planning, time-series data systems, semantic layer design.
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