Software Development Engineer 2 - Infrastructure

About Amperity—Why This, Why Now

Most customer data is a lie by omission.

Every consumer brand wants to know its customers. Unfortunately, almost none actually do. Data is scattered across a dozen systems, half of it contradicts the other half, and "insights" teams are forced to act on incomplete guesses. We started Amperity ten years ago because that gap—between what a brand believes about its customers and what is true—is the most expensive problem in the industry, and nobody had solved it.

With a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, we did. Our patented identity resolution takes billions of messy, conflicting records and resolves them into an accurate picture of a real human being—in hours, not months. That’s not a feature; it’s the foundation everything else stands on. It’s why more than 400 brands—like Alaska Airlines, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Virgin Atlantic, and Brooks Running—trust us with the one thing they can’t afford to get wrong, and why IDC named us a Leader in the category in 2026.

Now we’re doing something harder. We’re rebuilding Amperity as an AI-first company—not bolting a chatbot onto old software, but putting agents at the center of how customer data actually gets used. We shipped the industry’s first identity resolution agent, then the first enterprise Customer Data Agent that turns a plain-language question into a live segment without waiting on an engineering queue. The bet underneath all of it is simple, and we think it’s correct: The potential of AI will not be realized for a brand until it’s grounded and activated against a true, unified view of the customer. The market at-large is focused on intelligence, and we are focused on being  the ones who can make it trustworthy.

So here’s the honest pitch. If you want a tour of a category that’s already been figured out, this isn’t it. If you want to help decide what the next version of an entire industry looks like—alongside people who are remarkably exceptional at what they do, solving a problem that requires deep, sustained focus—this is one of the few places that work exists. Our goal is to build a highly impactful, generational business.

We measure our success by one standard: whether what we build moves the business. Return on cognition, not return on hype. If that’s how you want to be measured, we would love to speak with you.

The Role

At Amperity, we empower businesses to unlock the full potential of their customer data. Our clients are industry leaders making bold investments in modern customer data infrastructure. As a Software Development Engineer, you'll join a collaborative engineering team to develop advanced data pipelines. You will create flexible marketing solutions, and integrate powerful AI capabilities helping our clients gain deeper insights and activate their data. You'll work on a world-class, mission-critical platform that sits at the heart of our customers' data ecosystems, directly influencing how they understand and engage with their audiences.

Interesting Problems

• Process and understand large amounts of structured and unstructured customer, product, and event data
• Building delightful, full-stack experiences and toolsets to help users visualize their data, understand their customers and surface the most impactful insight
• Use the latest data science and AI advancements to build experiences that accelerate the time to value for data developers and marketers
• Integrate our system into the operating core of the businesses we serve
• Improve how marketers use their customer data

Success Measures

• End-to-End Feature Ownership: Delivering complete, major product components or services from initial scoping down to final deployment with minimal operational hand-holding.  In doing so, they maintain high sprint velocity, and low cycle time from code commit to production.
• Evaluating Trade-offs: The capacity to defend architecture decisions under peer review, balancing immediate delivery timelines with long-term system scaling needs.  In doing so, they are an advocate for the best solution for the customer and end-user, possessing a "relentless to outcomes" mindset for our customers.
• Rigorous Code Reviews: They are all in on "Playing for each other" by gatekeeping for code quality across the team, providing constructive feedback that unblocks and up-skills junior peers.  They successfully onboard and accelerate the career growth of SDE 1's and interns within the immediate team.
• AI-Assisted development: Leveraging AI code assistants to accelerate sprint delivery and boilerplate generation, while critically vetting outputs to ensure they meet company security, licensing, and architectural standards.
• Customer-Led Product Design: Prioritizing time with customers to anchor the technical roadmap around active market problems and customer success metrics, rather than internal preferences or self-promotion.

About You

• 5+ experience including 3+ years developing enterprise software
• 3+ years of experience building applications on database technologies experience with big data technologies
• 3+ years working in a production environment. In this duration, you have shown an ability to get products and features released to customers
• Experience with infrastructure development and deployment using tools like Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with a platform-level team whose customers are other developers
• Excited about using functional languages (like Clojure!) in a production environment
• Passionate about building elegant user experiences on top of complex technology
• Collaborative, inclusive, and inspired by your customers' success

Location 

For employees based in Seattle, WA, and New York, NY, Amperity’s work model operates on four in-office days each week and one designated remote workday on Wednesdays. We value the collaboration, connection, and learning that come from working together in person.

We will also consider fully remote in CA, CO, NJ, NY, OR, FL, GA, IL, MA, MN, TX, and NC.

Compensation

Base Salary:  $136,000-$187,000. Individual compensation within this range will depend on several factors, including your skills, experience, education/training, geographic location and the level at which you join. We also consider internal equity, market conditions, and overall business needs.

Cash Incentives: Cash incentives are also available.

Stock Options:  The opportunity for ownership is an exciting part of Amperity’s total compensation package. Every employee at Amperity receives a new-hire equity grant, commensurate with the scope of their position.

Benefits

We offer all the benefits you'd expect from a great place to work: comprehensive healthcare coverage with a choice of medical plan options, transportation subsidies, a comfortable work environment with plenty of snacks, and employee experience programs and perks. We also offer self-managed PTO and the flexibility to do your best work in the way that works for you. We provide an inclusive environment where you'll be challenged to find and unlock your full potential, surrounded by a team of world-class people driving for excellence. For more details on our benefits, please see our US Benefits & Perks Guide.

Amperity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive health choices), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as someone with a disability, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.