Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Twitch; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Job summary

Twitch is looking for a Senior Engineer to contribute to our advertising platform in Seattle. You will develop and scale new services, refine our technical strategy, and mentor fellow engineers. With your expertise in languages like Go, Java, or Python, you will help shape our approach and impact the success of creators.

This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $168,100 to $227,400 annually, alongside excellent benefits including medical insurance, 401(k), and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years experience in Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar languages.
• 5+ years experience developing and operating low-latency distributed services, and/or high-volume data processing workflows.
• Experience refining technical strategy and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate new product features on native AWS infrastructure.
• Scale and improve existing services powering the Twitch advertising platform.
• Improve engineering processes to increase team effectiveness.
• Mentor and cultivate the growth of the engineers around you.
• Contribute to overall team and organization technical strategy and architecture design.
• Work across teams, organizations, and third parties to provide value to our customers.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

C++

Low-latency distributed services

High-volume data processing workflows

Technical strategy refinement

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS, Dynamo, CloudWatch)

Data pipelines (Kinesis, Airflow, Redshift, Spark)

Web development (React, TypeScript, Jest)

Mobile development (Android, iOS)

Job description

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

Twitch enables content creators to live-stream content to their communities across the globe. Advertising is a core part of Twitch's business model, and spans across many product areas. We take pride in our mission to help creators earn a living by entertaining and educating their viewers. You'll be part of a passionate and customer-obsessed team working to prove Twitch is the best advertising platform for creators and advertisers alike.

Twitch is looking for versatile engineers with the curiosity and creativity to develop massively scalable services, integrations, and data processing pipelines that support our advertising business. As a senior engineer, you should be comfortable contributing to technical strategy, architecture design, and engineering excellence at the team and organization levels. You will work with engineers, product managers, and program managers to build products that delight our customers.

As the leader in live-streaming, Twitch is home to unique opportunities and challenges in the advertising space. If you're excited about joining our team and having an outsized impact on Twitch and its creators, come work with us!

You Will:

• Develop and operate new product features on native AWS infrastructure
• Scale and improve existing services used to power the Twitch advertising platform
• Improve engineering processes to increase team effectiveness
• Mentor and cultivate the growth of the engineers around you
• Contribute to overall team and organization technical strategy and architecture design
• Work across teams, organizations, and third parties to provide value to our customers

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years experience in Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar languages
• 5+ years experience developing and operating low-latency distributed services, and/or high-volume data processing workflows
• Experience refining technical strategy and mentoring engineers

Bonus Points

• Experience with the AWS ecosystem of services (Lambda, EC2, RDS, Dynamo, or CloudWatch)
• Experience with data pipelines (Kinesis, Airflow, Redshift, or Spark)
• Experience with web development (React, TypeScript, Jest)
• Experience with mobile development (Android, iOS)
• Familiarity with the ad industry and ad measurement space
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

Job ID: TW9218

US, WA, Seattle - Annually

$168,100 - $227,400 USD

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