Software Engineer

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent industry experience as a Software Engineer)
- 1+ years of experience delivering high quality software in a production environment
- Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks
- Familiarity with scalability, concurrency, API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals
- Willingness to try new things and collaborate with a diverse group of people
- Experience with AWS technologies (such as S3, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Redis, SQS, Flink, OpenSearch, and Sagemaker)
- Experience writing Go in production systems
- Experience with recommendations, search, or notification systems
- Experience building and maintaining ML systems in production environments
- Familiarity with Twitch and/or streaming on Twitch

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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

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USA, CA, San Francisco - 127,100.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually
If you are interested in this position, please apply on Twitch's Career site https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/

About Us:

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.
We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X,  and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

We are seeing Software Engineers to join the ML Products team. This team is focused on matching Twitch viewers with the communities they will love. To do this, we own the systems which power recommendations, search, notifications, feed, and onboarding. As a member of our team, you'll work to improve these products, invest in new ones, and make Twitch discovery better for both viewers and creators. You'll be part of a larger team of Software Engineers and partner with Product Managers, Applied Scientists, and other engineering teams across the company.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA.

You Will
- Maintain and improve the systems which power discovery on Twitch
- Partner with Applied Scientists to improve ML models that match interested viewers with relevant creators
- Collaborate with Product Managers to build, experiment, and roll out new Twitch discovery experiences

Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount