Amplitude Implementation Specialist (12 Month Contract, 20-40 hrs/week)

About Northern

Headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada, Northern is an integrated digital solutions agency specializing in helping leading commercial and public service brands navigate digital change. By leveraging our expertise and deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, we collaborate to design, create, and enable tailored digital experiences that drive growth. 

Since our founding in 2015, Northern has grown into a team of 200+ digital experts, receiving multiple recognitions in employee engagement from Great Place to Work® Canada, including Best Workplaces™ for Inclusion, Women, Mental Health, Hybrid Work, and more.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a skilled Amplitude Implementation Specialist to join our team for a 12 month contract. The primary focus of this role will be execution of specs (written by a senior architect), with primary ownership of hands-on SDK/tag instrumentation work.

Benefits of Becoming a Northern Contractor

• Competitive Rates
• Flexible work to promote work-life integration
• Remote-first or hybrid flexibility
• Asynchronous work
• Supportive Operations Team
• 20-40 hours a week

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide technical guidance and vendor validation support during contract negotiations
• Resolve pre-deployment architecture decisions including identity resolution, experimentation governance, and migration approach
• Develop implementation-ready documentation including phased rollout plans and business requirements
• Configure Amplitude environment, reporting, and dashboards to achieve parity with existing analytics capabilities
• Execute parallel-run validation and support cutover from Adobe Analytics to Amplitude
• Deliver knowledge transfer and operational documentation to enable ongoing platform management

What We’re Looking For

• Amplitude — Core Implementation
  • Hands-on experience installing and configuring Amplitude Android SDK (Kotlin or Java) in a production app 
  • Hands-on experience installing and configuring the Amplitude iOS SDK (Swift) in a production app
  • Understands and correctly implement track()/logEvent() vs. identify() and the distinction between event properties and user properties
  • Understands and correctly implement setUserId() / setDeviceId() behavior and the basic mechanics of anonymous-to-identified user transitions 
  • Can read and execute a tracking plan / data spec document
  • Understands what an event property is vs. a user property
  • Comfortable using Amplitude's Event Debugger / Live View for self-QA purposes
• Adobe Analytics — Reading Comprehension Level (Not Implementation Mastery)
  • Can read an existing Adobe Analytics implementation (Launch rules, eVars, props, events) and correctly map what each variable is capturing
  • Understands the basic difference between a prop and an eVar (persistence and attribution) well enough to translate "this eVar captures X" into "this needs to become an Amplitude event property or user property"
  • Has worked with Adobe Launch / Adobe Data Collection in some capacity
• General Technical Foundation
  • Working knowledge of JavaScript 
  • Basic Git proficiency 
  • Comfortable using a debugging/proxy tool (Charles Proxy, mitmproxy, or browser dev tools network tab) to verify that event payloads are actually firing and contain correct data

Bonus Skills:

• Prior exposure to mobile app release cycles
• Familiarity with React Native
• Previous experience working on analytics platform migration

Compensation & Tools

We’re looking for independent contractors to join our team and contribute to exciting, high-impact projects. Compensation will be based on your proposed rate, relevant skills, experience, and market alignment. Contractors are responsible for providing their own tools and equipment needed to perform the work. Payment will be issued within 30 days of receiving a valid invoice.

Equity and Diversity

Northern welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and is dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusivity, employment equity, and diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including but not limited to members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, individuals with diverse abilities, and those of all gender identities and expressions.

We are also committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available at every stage of the hiring process. If you require support or adjustments to participate fully, please let us know when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

AI Use & Interview Transparency

Northern uses AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as drafting interview questions and organizing candidate information. We may also record and transcribe interviews to ensure accuracy and consistency in our evaluations. Rest assured, you will be speaking with real live human beings!

If you prefer not to be recorded or require an accommodation, please let us know in advance. This will not affect your candidacy. All interview information is used solely for recruitment purposes and managed in accordance with Ontario privacy requirements.

Why Join Northern?

You’ll work alongside a team of 200+ digital experts at one of Canada’s Best Workplaces™ for Inclusion, Women, Mental Health, Hybrid Work, and more. We’re intentional about growth, collaboration, and creating meaningful digital experiences that move our clients forward.