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

Twitch is looking for backend engineers with the curiosity to develop features and APIs that run the advertising business. Our products range from innovative ad technologies, to shared, real-time experiences unique to Twitch. The ideal contributor have experience building, and continuously delivering high-quality production web services in an SOA environment. They will also be expected to work in a collaborative environment, able to interact with internal tech and business teams, external integration partners, and end-users.

Twitch enables content creators to live-stream content to their communities across the globe. Advertising is a core part of Twitch's business model, and spans across many product areas. We take pride in our mission to help creators earn a living by entertaining and educating their viewers.

You will develop massively scalable services, APIs, and pipelines that support our advertising business. Together, these systems power Twitch advertising, arming creators, advertisers, and internal Twitch teams with the tools and insights they need to grow.

As the leader in live-streaming, Twitch is home to unique opportunities and challenges in the advertising space. If you're excited about joining our team and having an outsize impact on Twitch and its creators, come work with us!

You Will:

• Develop, deliver, and operate new product services and features on native AWS infrastructure
• Scale and improve existing APIs and services used to power the Twitch advertising platform
• Improve engineering processes and tools to increase team effectiveness
• Contribute to overall team and organization technical strategy and architecture design
• Work across teams and organizations to deliver value to our creators, viewers, and advertisers

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience developing distributed services, and/or high-volume data processing workflows
• Proficient coder in one or more of the following: Go, Java, Python
• Experience developing and operating high-volume low-latency distributed services, and/or high-volume data processing workflows
• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field

Bonus Points

• Experience refining technical strategy and mentoring engineers
• Experience or familiarity with the AWS ecosystem of services (EC2, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda, and CloudWatch)
• Experience or familiarity with Data pipelines (Kinesis, Airflow, Redshift, or Spark)
• Experience or familiarity with experience building GraphQL APIs
• Experience or familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and the container ecosystem

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k), Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter Benefits
• Amazon Employee Discount
• Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages, etc.),
• 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, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job ID: TW6939