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 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 their sustainability relies primarily on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As a member of the engineering team, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Creator Sponsorships team. Your core focus will be building products and features that unlock influencer marketing at scale, enabling creators to earn a living and driving value for brands.
Our team owns Creator Sponsorships and Drops, with products ranging from greenfield and experimental, to scaled and used by millions. You will become an expert across the breadth of services powering these products - architecting, building, and operating them. You will be empowered to work across the stack, and will partner with other engineers, product managers, designers, and data specialists to deliver solutions.
This position is hybrid with a base in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.
You Will:
- Work with product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences
- Build distributed applications at scale
- Collaborate with both your team and related teams - fostering shared understanding of how to solve common problems and deliver solutions
- Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
You Have:
- 1+ Years experience developing software in a professional environment
- Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale
- Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks
- Proven ability with algorithms, data structures, data modeling, and schema design
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Bonus Points
- Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: Golang, Typescript/React
- 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
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: TW9190
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
$110,500—$160,000 USD
US, CA, San Francisco - Annually
$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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