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Lead Software Development Engineer - Infrastructure

Amperity · Seattle, WA

Posted about 3 months ago · $196,000-$270,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Amperity's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
55% of Amperity's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Amperity
high
20 stale, 0 reposted of 20 open
Hiring momentum
22 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Amperity's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Amperity.

About this role

As a Lead Software Development Engineer at Amperity, you will provide strategic technical leadership for the BASS platform, focusing on developer productivity and high-scale Spark infrastructure. Your role includes guiding architectural health, establishing technical standards, mentoring engineers, and integrating AI-driven solutions into the platform. You will work closely with product and engineering leaders to align technical strategies with business goals and ensure systemic reliability across the platform.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Amperity as an employer.

What you need

  • Deep technical leadership experience in high-scale, distributed systems
  • Expertise in large-scale data processing (Spark or similar)
  • Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic workflows
  • Ability to learn new stacks quickly, with a focus on architectural principles
  • Demonstrated history of mentorship and coaching senior engineers
  • Comfort translating technical trade-offs into business outcomes

What you get

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage with a choice of medical plan options
  • Transportation subsidies
  • Comfortable work environment with snacks
  • Employee experience programs and perks
  • Self-managed PTO
  • Flexible work arrangements

Worth weighing

  • The role involves significant ambiguity and requires strong problem-solving skills
  • Clojure experience is not mandatory, but a willingness to learn is essential
  • The position is based in Seattle with a hybrid work model of four in-office days and one remote workday

Summarised from Amperity's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Amperity on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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