Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

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About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and solve problems together. We empower live communities and work on innovative projects. See 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 with streamers. Our consumer-facing features span web and mobile surfaces.

This position focuses across the entire stack (React and Golang) but leans initially more toward backend systems, with future client-side work.

Locations:
San Francisco, CA;
Irvine, CA;
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+ year(s) 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 Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

• 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.

US Pay Per Year: $99,500—$185,000 USD.

Job

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