About Us
Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. We bring the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming to world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, where we bring everyone together to celebrate, learn, and grow their personal interests and passions. We’re always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on LinkedIn, Twitter and on our Blog.
About the Role
Like building solutions, solving hard technical challenges, and helping video content creators earn a living doing what they love? Are you excited by the idea of making hundreds of engineers more effective? If so we may have a home for you on the Builder Products team. We're looking for an experienced backend engineer to help us ship performant, high-quality, and delightful products.
Through a lens of pure customer obsession, we create internal products and services that address important areas such as availability, latency, security and cost. As a senior engineer on the team, you will build and scale systems that underpin the observability of Twitch's systems. You'll partner with your stakeholders to define strategy for the team. Being part of the Platform organization, you'll work with teams across Twitch to advise, partner, and build such solutions.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated back-end engineer to join our team. You should have experience building available and scalable applications and ETLs. You will work with other engineers in our team to design, build, deploy and operate highly available systems. You will report to the Engineering Manager for Builder Products and provide technical leadership to the team. You can work from either Seattle, WA or San Francisco, CA or remotely anywhere in the Pacific Time zone.
Are you ready to take up the challenge and positively impact all of Twitch's engineering?
You Will:
- Design and build systems that bring visibility and enable consistency in critical areas, such as availability, latency, security and cost.
- Identify and uphold a high bar for our engineering best practices and operational excellence.
- Work with a wide spectrum of stakeholders including data analytics, privacy, and infrastructure to define solutions.
- Provide technical leadership to the team
You Have:
- A degree in Computer Science, a related Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience working on large-scale applications
- Experience working with distributed, highly available systems and ETLs.
- A knack for solving problems with a fact-based or data-based approach.
- The ability to use a scientific methodology of reasoning, not based on assumptions or prior knowledge.
- Ability to lead and architect quality software in Go, Java, or Python
Bonus Points
- Know Go and have used it in production ready systems
- Knowledge of AWS services
- Mode quantifiable impact on your team's operational excellence
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k), Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- Amazon Employee Discount
- Monthly Contribution and Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages),
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Served Daily
- Free Snacks & Beverages
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or other legally protected status.
