Software Engineer I, Payments

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Job summary

Twitch is seeking a Software Engineer to help design, build, and scale our payments platform, enabling creators to earn a living doing what they love. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Payments and own services from architecture to operation, partnering with engineers, product managers, designers, and data specialists.

Based in San Francisco, you will collaborate across teams to clarify requirements, improve processes, and contribute to customer-focused deliveries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and data modeling.
• 1+ years as a software engineer.
• Experience creating detailed technical documentation.
• Proficient in Go, Ruby, Java, or C++ with AWS familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the commerce/payments platform and services.
• Contribute to customer-focused project deliveries.
• Clarify product requirements with other teams.
• Improve engineering processes and practices.
• Participate in design and code reviews.

Skills

Go

Ruby

Java

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

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.

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

For many of our creators, streaming on Twitch is a career, and our payment systems are central to making this possible. We're operating at a massive scale and you'll help millions of creators to earn a living doing what they love.

As a key member of the engineering team, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Payments team and have the opportunity to build and scale solutions that affect millions of users and broadcasters. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists to deliver solutions.

Our team is based in San Francisco, CA

You Will:

• Work with technical leads and other engineers to design and develop commerce/payments platform and services
• Contribute to customer-focused project deliveries
• Work with other teams to clarify product requirements
• Improve engineering processes
• Participate in design and code reviews

You Have:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or prior relevant engineering experiences
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, data modeling and schema design
• 1+ years as an software engineer
• Experience creating detailed technical documentation
• Proficient experience level in one or more of the following language: Go, Ruby, Java, C++
• Familiar with AWS ecosystem

Bonus Points

• Experience in commerce or payments domain
• Twitch user, broadcaster, or partner or experience in the gaming industry

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.

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, CA, San Francisco$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.

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.