Software Engineer I

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Seattle, WA
100K-200K Annually
Entry level
Gaming • Social Media
Twitch is where millions of people come together live every day to chat, interact, and make their own entertainment.
The Role
As a Software Engineer I at Twitch, you will work on the Streamer Monetization Experience team, enhancing tools for creators, developing new features, and collaborating within a dynamic team. Your role involves full stack contributions, focusing on backend development with Go, frontend with React, and support for mobile platforms.
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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.

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,  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

Streamer Monetization Experience is a team within the Commerce organization here at Twitch that focuses on ensuring our creators have the tools they need to make a living doing what they love. As an engineer here you'll help us continue to improve these experiences, like Emotes and Alerts, and build new features to help creators recognize and reward their supporters.
As an engineer on the team, you will work alongside a highly engaged and collaborative team that works to design, build and maintain systems that scale to millions of concurrent users. We actively seek to continue to improve our experiences for our users and are looking for new team members that share that passion for the end user. 
This role is based out of our Seattle office. 

You Will:

  • Learn and contribute across the full stack of our software
    • Backend (Go), Web Frontend (React), Mobile Frontend (iOS / Android)
  • Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers and designers to build new products and solutions
  • Participate in Operational Excellence work to maintain and support our live services
  • Help earn customer trust by working with our support teams to resolve issues and fix production bugs

You Have:

  • Willingness to learn new things and work with a diverse group of people
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience as a Software Engineer
  • A strong foundation in data structures and algorithms.
  • Familiarity with scalability, concurrency, API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in Go, Java, Python or another Object-oriented language
  • An eagerness to grow as a Software Engineer

Bonus Points

  • Familiarity with AWS infrastructure
  • Coding experience in either iOS or Android
  • Coding experience with React
  • Twitch experience / knowledge as a viewer, moderator or streamer

Perks

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

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

Job ID: TW8678

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$200,000 USD

Top Skills

Go
Java
Python
The Company
Seattle, WA
3,370 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

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

Why Work With Us

We’re all about community, inside and out. Working here, you’ll find your coworkers are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We speak our own language (don’t worry, you’ll learn it), we have a club for everything, and we host an annual IRL party, TwitchCon, for our community of fans and creators.

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