Senior Software Engineer

Job ID: 3065891 | Twitch Interactive, Inc. - D48

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About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedInandX, and discover the projects we’re solving on ourBlog. Be sure to explore ourInterviewing Guideto learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

IVS is building the future of interactive video. The Video Server Platform Network Traffic Management (NTM) team is seeking an experienced back end distributed systems developer to lead the design and development of our next generation video distribution system. This role focuses on building systems that manage traffic delivery across multiple CDNs (Content Delivery Networks). If you’re excited by the idea of building back end services that overate at a worldwide scale, and have an interest in live video, this is the position for you. You can work in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will

• Architect and deliver the next generation of the Twitch Video Distribution system.
• Design and implement the systems which shape traffic across multiple CDNs, including our own custom live video specialized CDN.
• Build robust, operable, and maintainable distributed software systems.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to intermediate and junior members of the team.

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Amazon Employee Discount

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 6+ years of professional software development or equivalent expertise
• Strong background in Golang/Go
• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent years of experience
• Built and operated distributed systems at scale
• Deployed and managed services on AWS infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or running a CDN
• Background in media protocols, ideally video
• Background in networking

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.