Staff Software Engineer - Android DX

Job Description

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 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. Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive. The Developer Experience (DX) team at Amplitude builds and maintains the foundations that power how developers integrate, extend, and trust Amplitude across platforms. Our mission is to make Amplitude’s SDKs reliable, easy to adopt, and a joy to build on, so customers can confidently instrument their products and unlock insights at scale. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Android to play a key technical leadership role on our DevEx team. In this role, you will lead the design and development of Amplitude’s core Android SDKs, including Analytics and Session Replay, and serve as the Android platform expert that other SDK teams, such as Experiment, Guides, and Surveys rely on. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll operate with a wide scope and high impact: setting technical direction for the Android platform, driving cross-SDK architecture, improving performance and reliability, and raising the bar for developer experience across Amplitude’s mobile ecosystem. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will: Lead the technical direction, architecture, and long-term evolution of Amplitude’s Android SDK platform. Own and drive development of core Android SDKs, including Analytics and Session Replay, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and ease of use. Act as the Android platform expert and trusted partner for other SDK teams (Experiment, Guides, Surveys), enabling them to build on shared foundations safely and efficiently. Design and evolve shared infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions that scale across multiple Android SDKs. Collaborate closely with Product, and Customer Support to ensure SDKs meet real customer needs. Lead cross-team te

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