Software Engineer II, Security

Amplitude

full-time

Posted on: 9/28/2025

Location Type: Office

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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JuniorMid-Level

JavaKubernetesPythonTypeScript

About the role

Contribute to building and maintaining secure-by-default development patterns, libraries, and templates (“golden paths”)
Implement security checks in CI/CD workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows) and in runtime environments (e.g. Kubernetes admission controllers)
Leverage AI/ML tools to automate code review, alert triage, log analysis, and threat detection for application-layer risks
Write and tune rules to catch insecure code patterns and prevent critical vulnerabilities from reaching production
Collaborate with developers to remediate security issues by offering clear guidance and, where needed, hands-on support
Contribute to internal tooling and frameworks to make secure development frictionless and fast
Participate in an on-call rotation for urgent security issues and incident response

2 - 4 years of experience in software development or security engineering roles, ideally with a focus on secure application development
Comfortable writing production-quality code in at least one backend language (e.g. TypeScript, Python, Java)
Understanding of API security principles and common web application vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top 10)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerized environments such as Kubernetes
Interest or experience with AI/ML tools for security automation
A collaborative mindset and willingness to take ownership of problems
A bias toward action; you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and fix issues directly

Benefits

Excellent medical, dental and vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision on select plans
Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
401(k) retirement plan (company sponsored, mentioned for Washington employees)
Mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives
Charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

secure application developmentbackend programmingTypeScriptPythonJavaAPI securityCI/CD workflowsKubernetesAI/ML toolssecurity automation

collaborationproblem ownershipbias toward action