Senior Platform Engineer (cloud Platform)

Amplitude

San Francisco, CA, United States
On-site
5+ years software engineering or devops experience
Production kubernetes operation at scale
Terraform infrastructure-as-code proficiency
Amplitude is rebuilding its cloud platform for the AI era to support AI agents as first-class users alongside human engineers

Job Summary

  • Amplitude is rebuilding its cloud platform for the AI era to support AI agents as first-class users alongside human engineers.
  • The role involves owning end-to-end platform projects that design self-service automation and scalable AWS infrastructure to improve developer productivity.
  • Candidates must have a track record of delivering measurable improvements in reliability, performance, or developer productivity while mentoring team members.

Matching Summary

Amplitude is rebuilding its cloud platform for the AI era to support AI agents as first-class users alongside human engineers.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years software engineering or DevOps experience
  • Production Kubernetes operation at scale
  • Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency
  • AWS core services and networking knowledge
  • GitOps workflows with Argo CD and Helm

Nice-to-have

  • Golang or Python programming skills
  • AI-assisted development mindset
  • Datadog observability and SLO management
  • Mentoring junior engineers
  • Incident response leadership

Key Requirements

  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical field
  • 5+ years hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure
  • Proficiency in Terraform and containerized application operations

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