Software Engineer I

About Us

Twitch is the world's biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. Thousands of communities come together here every day for whatever they're into.

We're about community, inside and out. Coworkers are eager to team up, collaborate, and solve problems together, all in pursuit of empowering live communities. Find us on LinkedIn and X, read about our projects on our Blog, and review our Interviewing Guide to learn how our interview process works.

About the Role

The Community Growth organization drives measurable audience growth, engagement, and revenue for our streamers while delivering experiences that delight viewers. Our goal is to make Twitch a place viewers return to daily, with a relationship to their favorite creator that feels continuous and easy to re-enter.

Our teams build consumer-facing features that let viewers engage with their favorite Creators on web and mobile. The focus shifts often, but owned spaces include Channel Points, Polls, Predictions, Watch Streaks, Raids, and the Creator Dashboard. This role is full stack, covering development for web and mobile clients, building backend services, and maintaining those systems.

You Will

• Work with product managers, designers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences and products
• Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
• Maintain and improve our existing backend services

You Have

• Experience developing software in a professional environment
• Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale
• Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks such as Go, React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, etc.
• Proven ability to think through and deliver quality user experiences
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience with languages and frameworks used at Twitch: React, TypeScript, Golang
• Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
• Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch

Perks

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

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