Software Engineer I

Responsibilities

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch interactive consumer-facing features for web and mobile platforms. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing backend services to ensure high-quality user experiences.

Requirements

Candidates must have professional software development experience and a proven ability to build consumer-facing products at scale. A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required.

Skills

• Software engineering
• Full stack development
• Go
• React
• Kotlin
• Swift
• Objective-C
• Typescript
• AWS
• ECS
• DynamoDB
• Lambda
• SQS
• Step functions
• Consumer-facing products
• Backend services

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity leave
• Parental leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon employee discount
• Basic life insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Mental health support
• Flexible spending accounts
• Adoption reimbursement
• Surrogacy reimbursement

About this role

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
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
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: TW9312
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.
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About Twitch

Software Development · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in San Francisco, California · founded 2011