Software Development Engineer

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.

Payments is critical in making this possible, operating at scale and enabling millions of creators to earn a living doing what they love. Your primary focus will be on developing innovative payment features, facilitating global expansion through the integration of diverse payment methods, ensuring compliance with international regulations, and driving initiatives that create a frictionless and secure checkout experience for customers across multiple platforms and regions.

As a member of the team, you would develop expertise across the breadth of Twitch’s Monetization ecosystem that enables customers to purchase products such as Subscriptions, Gifts, Turbo (Ads free) and Bits. You will have the opportunity to collaborate across different teams, driving impact for Twitch and enhancing the experience for our customers. This position is located in San Francisco, CA.

• Work with product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences
• Build distributed applications at scale
• Collaborate with both your team and related teams - fostering shared understanding of how to solve common problems and deliver solutions
• Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact

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

• 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 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
• Proven ability with algorithms, data structures, data modeling, and schema design
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch:
  Golang, Typescript/React
• Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, Dynamo
  
  DB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
• Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch

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

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

USA, CA, San Francisco –  –  USD annually