Sr. Software Development Manager

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About the Role

We are looking for an engineering leader to lead our Payments team, the financial backbone powering every transaction on Twitch. You will own the products, experiences, and platforms that enable 7+ million creators to monetize their passion while architecting Twitch's next generation of payment systems. This high‑impact role sits at the intersection of technology and creator economy, creating user‑friendly purchase experiences for viewers and creators while developing innovative payment solutions that power Twitch's global ecosystem.

You will tackle complex technical challenges, orchestrating payments for millions of global users, integrating with multiple third‑party payment vendors, ensuring system resilience at massive scale, and maintaining sub‑second response times worldwide. Your decisions directly influence Twitch's revenue and user satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to design, build, and operate full‑stack web applications that process millions of transactions daily.

• Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver exceptional experiences for our creators and viewers.

• Keep your people development radar always on; articulate behaviors and impacts that accelerate careers and build world‑class engineering talent.

• Quickly dissect the nuances of complex trade‑offs, making conscious architectural and product choices while overcoming technical and organizational challenges.

• Constructively parse, ingest, challenge, and reframe proposals and plans to drive better outcomes.

• Adjust gracefully to changing priorities while maintaining team energy, focus, and delivery momentum.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.

• 5+ years of experience in software development.

• Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design at scale.

• Proven ability to attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent.

• Willingness to accept feedback from teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Track record of leading teams to design, implement, and operate consumer‑facing applications with high reliability requirements.

• Experience using Agile development methodologies to deliver iteratively and respond to changing needs.

• Experience as a Senior Engineer designing, implementing, and operating distributed applications in production environments.

• Familiarity with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or e‑commerce platforms.

• Experience with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both).

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance.

• 401(k).

• Maternity & Parental Leave.

• Flexible PTO.

Base salary range: $212,700 – $287,700 USD annually.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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