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 Team

Twitch is the world's biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It's where millions of people come together to chat, interact, and make their own entertainment.

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 Twitter, get interviewing tips on Instagram, and discover projects we're solving on our Blog.

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 Manger 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: TW9053

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/#learn-more. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

US Pay Per Year

$99,500—$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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