Software Engineer I, Discovery

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. The Discovery Team in App Experiences is looking for a Software Engineer I to manage features and systems that help communities thrive on Twitch, focusing on building fast, reliable client-side experiences.

What you'll do:

• Work with product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences
• Investigate, instrument and solve performance problems
• 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

What they're looking for:

• 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 such as React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: React, Typescript, Golang
• Experience with mobile development
• 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

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off