Software Engineer I

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 Team

Twitch is all about community, and our Community Team is a core pillar of what makes Twitch, Twitch. Teams within Community are responsible for a myriad of product areas impacting the creator, viewer, and moderator journeys on our platform. As a member of our team, you'll build solutions that improve g the experience of millions of daily active users on our platform and create tools that keep both streamers and viewers engaged and connected on our platform. 

About the Role

The Community Discovery & Engagement team builds and supports 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. Some examples of spaces we own include Chat, Stream Together, and Discovery.

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 on frontend development (React and Typescript) but is expected to be fullstack, with some responsibilities around supporting and maintaining backend systems.

You Will:

• Deliver high quality user experiences on both Web and Mobile surfaces.
• Work with product managers, designers, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences and products
• Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
• Build, maintain and improve our existing backend services
• Actively participate in code and design reviews with peers and partners

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent industry experience as a Software Engineer
• A foundation in data structures and algorithms. Familiarity with scalability, concurrency, API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals
• Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks such as React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C etc

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: TW9010