Security Platform Software Engineer II

Twitch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Job summary

Twitch Security Platform is hiring a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and operate critical services powering security, privacy, and compliance. You will own end-to-end backend systems, working across Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure, with AWS, IaC, and modern languages (Go/Java/Python).

You can work from San Francisco, Irvine, or Seattle. Join a team that values operational excellence, reliability, and scalable data pipelines, delivering impactful security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership (design, deploy, operate).
• Deep fluency in a modern language (Go, Java, Python, or similar).
• Hands-on AWS: designing, deploying, and operating production services or pipelines, with IaC and safe rollout.
• Comfort driving clarity in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces.
• A track record of leading technical projects that span multiple services and parallel workstreams
• Strong cross-team communication able to disagree with data and commit once decided.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver well-scoped software projects end-to-end, from design through production support.
• Partner across Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure on Twitch-wide initiatives.
• Drive operational excellence: observability, reliability, and operational readiness for critical systems.
• Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, clear technical decision-making and validation including AI-assisted output.
• Participate in retrospectives, and technical discussions, influencing decisions through technical leadership.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Backend development

IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Twitch Security Platform is hiring a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and operate critical services powering security, privacy, and compliance. You will own end-to-end backend systems, working across Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure, with AWS, IaC, and modern languages (Go/Java/Python).

You can work from San Francisco, Irvine, or Seattle. Join a team that values operational excellence, reliability, and scalable data pipelines, delivering impactful security