Product Engineering Manager

Twitch; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Employee discounts

Job summary

Twitch is seeking a Product Engineering Leader to scale creator-focused products and revenue across the stack. You will lead engineers to design, build, and operate consumer-facing features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train.

You will own outcomes, articulate impact to stakeholders, and mentor a growing team. This role can be based in Seattle, WA or San Francisco, CA, and requires outstanding leadership, architectural thinking, and a track record of delivering high-impact

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years of people management
• Experience leading consumer-facing full stack applications across teams and functions
• Strong verbal and written communication with the ability to articulate impact to stakeholders
• Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design
• Ability to attract, hire and retain engineering talent
• Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
• Impact-oriented leadership with a focus on delivering customer value

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to design, build and operate full stack applications
• Establish a clear vision for your team and drive delivery for customers
• Disrupt process or protocol when needed to accelerate outcomes
• Mentor and grow engineers, focusing on career development
• Analyze trade-offs, make conscious choices, and communicate plans effectively
• Review proposals and plans to improve outcomes
• Adapt to change while maintaining team energy and focus

Skills

People management

Full stack development

Cloud infrastructure

Communication

Product engineering mindset

Education

Masters degree in CS

Tools

Golang

AWS

React

Job description

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.

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 LinkedIn and X, and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

About The Role

Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As a Product Engineering Leader focused on growing creators’ revenue, you will lead people to build products, features and experiences that enable such a living. You will be empowered to work across the stack and across functions. You will take high ownership of desired outcomes, and then work backwards into the simplest solution that builds towards those outcomes. You are internally motivated to deliver customer impact, know how to articulate that impact to stakeholders and are able to permeate that culture to your team. Our teams own features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train.

This role can be based in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will

• Lead a team of engineers to design, build and operate full stack applications.
• Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver for our customers.
• Have a laser focus on delivering results - even if that means disrupting process or protocol.
• Articulate behaviors that can grow careers. Your people development radar is always on.
• Quickly dissect the nuances of trade-offs, making conscious choices and overcoming challenges.
• Constructively parse, ingest, challenge and reframe proposals / plans for the better.
• Adjust gracefully to change while maintaining team energy and focus.

You Have

• Track record of leading teams to design, implement and operate consumer-facing full stack applications (This is important)
• 8+ years of software development experience; including 2+ years of people management experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Clarity of thought and articulation are critical components for success
• Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design
• Ability to to attract, hire and retain engineering talent
• Comfortable operating within an ambiguous and ever changing environment
• An impact oriented and product engineering leader mindset

Bonus Points

• Hands-on experience building applications using Golang, AWS Cloud Infra and/or React
• Experience building Machine Learning or AI applications
• Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Perks

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

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job ID: TW9201

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, WA, Seattle - Annually

$184,900—$250,200 USD

US, CA, San Francisco - Annually

$212,700—$287,700 USD

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

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