Software Engineer I

Twitch is the world's largest live streaming service, fostering global communities around gaming, entertainment, and more. The App Experiences Discovery Team is seeking a Software Engineer I to develop and operate features that help communities form and grow on Twitch. This role involves working across the full stack (React and Golang), with an initial focus on backend systems and future client-side efforts, to deliver high-quality, interactive user experiences.

Must Have

• Deliver high quality user experiences
• Design, develop, launch, and operate interactive products
• Drive business impact from customer problems
• Maintain and improve backend services
• 1+ years software development experience
• Experience building consumer-facing products at scale
• Proficient in React, Golang, Rust
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Good to Have

• Experience writing Go in production systems
• Experience with 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 & Benefits

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

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

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 in collaboration with similar streamers.

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 across the entire stack (React and Golang) but will lean initially more toward backend systems, with future efforts moving more client-side.

You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; or Seattle, WA.

You Will:

• 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

You Have:

• 1+ Years 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 though and delivering quality user experiences.
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• 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, 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.

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

Job ID: TW9047

US Pay Per Year

$99,500 - $185,000 USD

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