Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Job  | Twitch Interactive, Inc.

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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. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

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 Sponsor ships 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 Sponsor ships 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 bases in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

• 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.

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

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.

• 1+ years of professional software development experience.
• 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 a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch:
  Golang, Typescript/React.
• 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.

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers individuals to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit  for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $99,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in 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.