Senior System Development Engineer

6 Minutes ago • 5 Years + • $136,100 PA - $235,200 PA

System Design

Job Description

We are seeking a Sr. System Development Engineer to support our Event Engineering team. This team is responsible for ensuring the video quality and stability of large and/or strategically important streaming events. You will be part of a team of Event Engineers that supports events by assisting in event planning, providing an onsite presence during events, serving as a technical point of contact for third parties, engaging in high touch onboarding, troubleshooting video problems and supporting feature development activities such as Enhanced Broadcasting. You will provide pre-production consulting, capacity planning, preflight testing and active monitoring for events from both remote and onsite contexts, act as a technical point of contact for third-parties, engage in high-touch onboarding for Twitch partners, VIPs and other strategic individuals, troubleshoot video problems for other Twitch teams, and assist product teams with video-related Twitch feature development.

Good To Have:

Experience with AWS’ Interactive Video Service (IVS)
A passion for eSports and gaming events
Experience in event management (even better if you have eSports experience)
Software development experience in any language

Must Have:

5+ years of experience designing live production setups
Proven ability to deliver under pressure in a live environment. Preferably TV or streaming video.
Ability to collaborate with Network, Ops, Systems and Software Engineers on improving event execution, application performance and system requirements
Strong organization, communication and collaboration skills

Perks:

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

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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 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 Role

You Will:

Provide pre-production consulting, capacity planning, preflight testing and active monitoring for events from both remote and onsite contexts
Act as a technical point of contact for third-parties
Engage in high-touch onboarding for Twitch partners, VIPs and other strategic individuals
Troubleshoot video problems for other Twitch teams
Assist product teams with video-related Twitch feature development

You Have:

5+ years of experience designing live production setups
Proven ability to deliver under pressure in a live environment. Preferably TV or streaming video.
Ability to collaborate with Network, Ops, Systems and Software Engineers on improving event execution, application performance and system requirements
Strong organization, communication and collaboration skills