Software Development Engineer - Commerce

About Us

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About the Team

As an engineer in the Commerce Products team, you will be working on the memberships space. This team is responsible for subs, gifts and turbo product lines along with a critical videos. They will have extensive collaboration alongside PMs, UX, PMMs, DS and DEs working on iterative improvements to memberships and moments products and sometimes working on features whose service ownerships extend to partner teams. 

About the Role

As a Software Development Engineer at Twitch, you'll play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining core features of our platform. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that enhance the Twitch experience for millions of users worldwide along with helping creators make a revenue. 

You Will:

• Work with technical leads and other engineers to design and develop commerce platform and services
• Contribute to customer-focused project deliveries
• Work with partner teams to clarify product requirements
• Improve engineering processes
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Support operational activities such as on call and run the business activities

You Have:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
• 1+ years of work experience as a software engineer
• Development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages:  Java, Golang, or JavaScript, Type Script, familiar with AWS ecosystem
• Experience working with Git

Bonus Points

• Proficiency in full stack development
• Familiarity in the AWS ecosystem of services
• Experience building highly available and resilient systems
• Fluency in some subset of UI design, data modeling, algorithms or database schema design
• Familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both!)

Perks

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

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.

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Job ID: TW8661