Software Engineer I

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About the Role

Join Twitch's Commerce Engineering organization, where we're building rewarding experiences that allow creators to make a living doing what they love. We're behind our continuous patronage features, including channel Subscriptions, Gifting, and Turbo. As a member of the team, you'll work alongside highly engaged, collaborative engineers to design, build, and maintain systems that scale to millions of concurrent users.

We actively seek to improve our experiences, and we're looking for people who are passionate about our end users.

Our team is based in San Francisco, CA.

You Will:

• Create interactive experiences that are rewarding for both viewers and creators
• Architect and build robust, scalable applications that can handle millions of concurrent users
• Participate in Operational Excellence work to maintain and support our live services
• Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers and designers to build new products and solutions

You Have:

• Previous experience building scalable systems
• Excellent proficiency in modern programming languages (Python, Java, Go) and distributed system technologies
• A track record of building product experiences that users love
• Sharp problem-solving skills with a focus on algorithms, data structures, and distributed system design
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent real-world experience

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with Twitch's tech stack: Golang, TypeScript/React
• Experience working with mobile development, either native or hybrid
• Experience with AWS technologies like ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
• A passion for gaming, streaming, or the Twitch platform

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & 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.

Job ID

TW9304

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

US, CA, San Francisco

$127,100 — $185,000 USD

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