# Staff Software Engineer - SDK iOS

Hiring organization: [Amplitude](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/amplitude)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cb497f98-186b-4255-96db-9b8650c56ed8

Listed on Amplitude's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 198000 – 299000 USD per year

## Summary

Lead the design and evolution of Amplitude's iOS SDKs as a technical authority, mentoring engineers and setting the platform direction for analytics, session replay, and shared foundations across multiple teams. This role suits an experienced iOS engineer who excels at API design, cross-team influence, and raising developer experience standards.

_Our summary, not Amplitude's wording._

## Skills named

Concurrency, iOS Development, Memory Management, Objective-C, Swift

## Required

- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant iOS development
- Deep expertise in iOS platform internals and best practices
- Strong proficiency in Swift and Objective-C with modern iOS APIs and frameworks
- Experience designing public APIs with focus on stability and backward compatibility
- Ability to debug complex issues across multiple mobile devices and OS versions
- Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, and concurrency on iOS

## Nice to have

- Strong focus on developer experience and empathy for engineer users
- Track record of technical leadership where others seek your guidance
- Skill at making tradeoffs between API design, performance, backward compatibility, and delivery speed
- Comfort working across team boundaries and influencing without direct authority
- Ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical partners

Apply on Amplitude's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/amplitude/jobs/8635752002