Software Engineer I

Wwshemi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Employee Discount

Job summary

Twitch is seeking a full-stack engineer to help grow and enhance interactive streaming experiences for millions of users. You’ll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design, implement, and operate features spanning web and mobile platforms.

You will develop backend services, maintain existing systems, and focus on delivering high-quality user experiences at scale. Prior experience with consumer products and a CS degree is required.

Qualifications

• Experience developing software in a professional environment.
• Experience building consumer-facing products at scale.
• Proficient coding in Go, React, Kotlin, Swift, and Objective-C.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences.
• Maintain and improve existing backend services and support web and mobile clients.
• Deliver scalable, reliable backend systems powering Twitch features.

Skills

Software development experience

Consumer-facing product experience

User experience delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Go

React

Kotlin

Swift

Objective-C

AWS (ECS/DynamoDB/Lambda/SQS/Step Functions)

Job description

Community Growth

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.

Twitch is 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 link.twitch.tv/TwitchLinkedinJD and X link.twitch.tv/TwitchTwitterJD , and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog link.twitch.tv/TwitchBlogJD . Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide link.twitch.tv to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

The Community Growth organization is driving measurable audience growth, engagement, and revenue for our streamers while delivering exceptional experiences that delight our viewers. Our mission is to make Twitch a place viewers return to daily because their relationship with their favorite creator feels continuous, meaningful, and easy to re-enter when life gets busy.Our teams build consumer-facing features that let viewers engage with their favorite Creators, spanning both web and mobile surfaces. Which part of that experience we focus on changes often, but some of the spaces we own include Channel Points, Polls, Predictions, Watch Streaks, Raids, and the Creator Dashboard. This role is full stack, with responsibilities that include developing for both web and mobile clients, creating backend services, and maintaining those systems.

You Will

• Work with product managers, designers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences and products
• Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impactMaintain and improve our existing backend services
• Maintain and improve our existing backend services

You Have:

• Experience developing software in a professional environment
• Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale
• Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks such as Go, React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C etc
• Proven ability with thinking though and delivering quality user experiences.
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: React, Typescript, Golang
• Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
• Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch
• 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.

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 amazon.jobs/en amazon.jobs/en .

Compensation USD 127100–185000 (period not stated)

$127,100-$185,000 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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