Senior Software Engineer - SDK iOS

Team

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform with over 4,700 customers including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, Square. The Developer Experience (DX) team builds foundations for developers to integrate, extend, and trust Amplitude across platforms. Mission: make Amplitude's SDKs reliable, easy to adopt, and a joy to build on.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction, architecture, and long-term evolution of Amplitude's iOS SDK platform
• Own and drive development of core iOS SDKs (Analytics, Session Replay) with focus on performance, reliability, and ease of use
• Act as iOS platform expert and trusted partner for other SDK teams (Experiment, Guides & Surveys)
• Design and evolve shared infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions scaling across multiple iOS SDKs
• Collaborate closely with Product and Customer Support to ensure SDKs meet real customer needs
• Lead cross-team technical discussions, reviews, and architectural decisions spanning multiple SDKs
• Improve developer experience through better APIs, documentation, tooling, testing strategies, and sample apps

Requirements

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant time on iOS development
• Strong proficiency in Swift and Objective-C with experience using modern iOS APIs, frameworks, and development tools
• Experience designing public APIs with strong focus on stability and backward compatibility
• Experience debugging complex issues across wide range of iOS devices and OS versions
• Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, and concurrency on iOS
• Strong focus on developer experience and empathy for engineers using your work
• Expertise in iOS platform internals and best practices
• Strong judgment in tradeoffs between API design, performance, backward compatibility, and speed of delivery
• Comfort working across team boundaries and influencing without direct authority
• High bar for code quality, testing, and long-term maintainability
• Ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical partners

Benefits

• Equity
• Total target cash inclusive of bonus/commission
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to work on SDK platform at leading AI analytics company
• Wide scope and high impact role
• Cross-team collaboration across SDK teams
• Equal opportunity employer with accommodations available
• Hybrid work model (San Francisco)
• Privacy notice applies
• Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2's Winter 2026 Report
• DEI commitment with focus on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection
• Base salary range varies by location (SF Bay Area: $183k-276k, California outside SF: $165k-247k, Colorado: $165k-247k, NYC: $183k-276k, Washington: $165k-247k)
• Unlimited PTO, 10-13 holidays annually, medical/dental/vision, 401(k) retirement plan (Washington state details provided)