Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

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 Linked In 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.

The Discovery Team in App Experiences manages a wide array of features and systems to help communities form, grow, and thrive on Twitch. These features let people participate in their favorite communities and discover new ones more efficiently. We work hard to bring novel opportunities to the world of streaming both individually and in collaboration with similar streamers.

Our consumer facing features span both web and mobile surfaces, we’re working hard to build fast, reliable, and easy to understand client‑side experiences. This position is primarily focused across the entire stack (React and Golang) but will lean initially more toward backend systems, with future efforts moving more client‑side.

You can work from San Francisco, CA;
Irvine, CA; or Seattle, WA.

• Deliver high quality user experiences.
• 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 impact.
• Maintain and improve our existing backend services.

• 1+ years of 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 React, Golang, Rust, etc.
• Proven ability with thinking through and delivering quality user experiences.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Experience writing Go in production systems.
• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch:
  Typescript, Golang.
• Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, Dynamo
  
  DB, 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.

Job

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://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

US Pay Per Year

$99,500 - $185,000 USD

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