Amplitude

Senior Sales Engineer

Amplitude$168K — $252K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in software pre-sales roles like Sales Engineer or Technical Account Management
  • Proven ability to engage the technical conversation, using self-taught knowledge in Python, SQL, and APIs
  • Hands-on experience with SQL, including writing joins and aggregations
  • Demonstrated success in closing technical evaluations for competitive enterprise deals
  • Skilled in presenting technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical evaluations for large deals up to 1M+ in ARR
  • Perform in-depth discovery to understand prospects' workflows and decision-making
  • Design and implement hands-on proof-of-concept solutions using clients' data
  • Address technical objections about data architecture and integration
  • Present ROI narratives to C-level executives
  • Collaborate with Product Management to convey customer needs affecting deal speed
  • Mentor junior Sales Engineers regarding technical positioning

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
  • Flexible time off and paid holidays
  • Generous stipends for wellness, transportation, learning, and home office needs
  • Comprehensive parental benefits including paid leave and support for family planning
  • Mental health resources with access to coaching and therapy
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Senior Sales Engineer at Amplitude, you'll be the technical quarterback for our most strategic opportunities. You'll partner with Account Executives to win complex, multi-stakeholder deals by translating product capabilities into business outcomes that matter to Product, Marketing, and Analytics leaders.

You'll lead technical discovery, architect custom proof-of-concept implementations, and serve as a trusted advisor to prospects navigating their digital analytics strategy. Your technical credibility and business acumen will directly influence the annual pipeline.
What You'll Do

Deal Execution (70% of time)
  • Lead technical evaluation phases for deals ranging from 100K to 1M+ ARR
  • Conduct deep discovery to map prospect workflows, tech stack dependencies, and decision criteria to Amplitude's differentiation
  • Design and execute hands-on proof-of-concepts that prove value within the prospect's actual data and use cases
  • Handle technical objections related to data architecture, privacy/compliance, and integration complexity
  • Present to C-level executives and translate technical capabilities into ROI narratives

Internal Collaboration (20% of time)
  • Partner with Product Management to communicate feature gaps and customer requirements that affect deal velocity
  • Work with Customer Success to ensure smooth handoffs and technical alignment during implementation
  • Mentor junior SEs on technical positioning and demo best practices

Thought Leadership (10% of time)
  • Contribute to our competitive intelligence on tools like Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics, and Mixpanel
  • Develop reusable demo assets, technical content, and proof-of-concept frameworks for the broader SE team
What We're Looking For

Required
  • 5+ years in software pre-sales (Sales Engineer, Sales Consulting, or technical Account Management roles)
  • You must be comfortable speaking to nuanced technical concepts and be a self-learner (examples include: Python, SQL, hyperscaler integrations, APIs, R)
  • Hands-on SQL experience: you can write joins, aggregations, and window functions to analyze behavioral data
  • Track record of closing technical evaluations in competitive enterprise deals
  • Comfort presenting technical concepts to both engineers and business stakeholders

Strongly Preferred
  • 2+ years working specifically with product analytics, experimentation platforms, or customer data platforms
  • Experience with event-based data models and understanding of tracking implementations
  • Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI) and how analytics platforms integrate with them
  • Previous work in SaaS companies selling to Product, Growth, or Marketing teams
  • Understanding of regional data and data privacy implications for analytics tools
What Success Looks Like
  • First 90 days: Ramp on Amplitude's platform, complete 3+ customer-facing demos, and contribute to 2 proof-of-concepts
  • First year: Influence closed-won ARR, maintain 70%+ technical win rate, and develop 2 reusable assets for the team
Why This Role Matters

Solutions Engineers are force multipliers at Amplitude. The deals you win don't just hit quota: they prove that product analytics drives measurable business outcomes for enterprises navigating digital transformation. You'll have direct visibility into our product roadmap, executive strategy discussions, and the ability to shape how we compete in the Toronto market.
About Amplitude

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Almost 3,500 customers, including Atlassian, NBCUniversal, Jersey Mike's, Decathlon, and Rocket Companies, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey.

Our Values:
  1. Humility
    No ego: We operate from a place of empathy & openness and seek to understand many points of view. Listen to understand. Invite help to increase impact. Recognize others' strengths.
  2. Ownership
    We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success. Solve root problems, not symptoms. Define success as Company → Team → Self. Follow through to ensure last-mile execution.
  3. Growth Mindset
    We're tenacious in the face of challenges and seek input in order to grow ourselves and others. Experiment boldly. Seek and act on feedback. Lean into discomfort.
  4. Customer Centricity
    We put the customer at the center of everything we do. Talk to customers. Understand customers' needs. Focus on customer outcomes.
Some of our benefit programs include:
  • 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)

About Amplitude

Amplitude is a San Francisco-based technology company that provides analytics software for businesses. The company's platform allows businesses to track user behavior and analyze data to improve their products and services. Amplitude was founded in 2012 and has since grown to serve over 1,000 customers, including Microsoft, Twitter, and HubSpot. The company has been recognized for its innovative approach to analytics, including its use of machine learning and other advanced technologies. Amplitude has also been praised for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, including its efforts to increase the representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the tech industry.
Learn more about Amplitude
Size
500 employees
Market Cap
$1.2 billion
Industry
Founded
2012
NASDAQ

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