Software Engineering Manager

About the role

The Engineering Manager will lead the Query team through a critical inflection point. The Query platform powers every AI insight, every experiment, and every cohort at Amplitude. It processes trillions of events in real-time, transforming raw behavioral data into fast, trustworthy answers that fuel decisions for thousands of product teams worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for the Query platform — define the roadmap, make priorities explicit, and align engineering, product, and cross-functional partners behind a clear plan.
• Lead and grow a team of ~10 engineers, partnering with your tech lead to define Nova's technical direction while coaching, developing, and scaling the team through hiring and performance feedback.
• Drive platform evolution across the query engine’s core layers — storage, compute, and query execution — to define Amplitude’s next generation of analytics.
• Guide the design and operation of large-scale distributed systems, including load management, fault tolerance, capacity planning, and on-call practices.
• Own the Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and cost efficiency.
• Report to the Director of Data and partner across Product, Data Warehouse, Data Pipeline, Middleware, AI, and Support to co-define Amplitude's data strategy and shape how customers query and explore their data.
• Engage directly on major customer onboardings and escalations, turning customer learnings into durable platform improvements.

Requirements

• 2+ years leading engineers (people management and/or tech lead) and 6+ years building backend or infrastructure systems.
• Hands-on experience with distributed data systems — OLAP databases, data warehouses, stream processing, or large-scale storage — and modern cloud infrastructure (AWS S3, DynamoDB, Kafka, Redis/ElastiCache, Kubernetes, Terraform).
• A track record of meaningfully improving reliability, latency, or cost efficiency for a production system with clear SLOs and incident accountability.
• Strong communication skills and experience partnering with Product and cross-functional stakeholders to define roadmaps and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with query engines, distributed systems, and product impact.
• Technical acumen to frame complex decisions clearly and communicate them to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to stay technically close and provide context and space for execution.

Skills

• Leadership and team management.
• Technical expertise in distributed data systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Problem-solving and strategic thinking.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement.

Benefits

Amplitude offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive pay and benefits packages with 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and generous stipends for wellness, commuting, learning and development, and home office equipment.
• Mental health and wellness benefits, including access to Modern Health coaching and therapy sessions and high-quality physician office experience via One Medical membership.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (depending on location).
• Charitable giving grants and paid volunteer time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan.

Pay

Salary range: $227,000 - $341,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Schedule

Full-time position.