Software Engineer

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

Twitch is building the future of interactive entertainment. As a Software Engineer with Safety Systems in the Community Health Org, you’ll work as part of a team to build systems and processes that are designed to keep our creators and viewers safe on Twitch. You’ll build systems to support user reporting flows and help maintain our internal platform used to triage and process reports, enforcements, appeals and reinstatements. Safety Systems engineers also help integrate new products being developed at Twitch to safety tooling and regulatory compliance by consulting with various internal and external stakeholders.

You Will:

• Design, deliver, and improve performance, reliable, and high-performance systems
• Embrace and champion engineering best practices within your group and Twitch
• Produce clean, high-quality code, tests, and documentation
• Actively participate in code and design reviews with peers and partners
• Contribute engineering input and feedback into product planning processes
• Partner with fellow engineering teams to accomplish complex projects together
• Participate in regular on-call alongside our team’s engineers to support our online systems

You Have:

• Willingness to try new things and work with a diverse group of people
• 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

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure
• Experience with email / notifications technologies
• Experience writing Go in production systems
• Experience with front-end or full-stack development

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.

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

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: TW8739

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