Software Engineer, Twitch
$99.5-185k
Gaming-focused livestream platform
Open for applications
Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$99.5-185k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- 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, Golang, Rust etc
- Proven ability with thinking though and delivering quality user experiences
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience writing Go in production systems
- Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: 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
What the job involves
- The Discovery Team in App Experiences manages a wide array of features and systems to help communities form, grow, and thrive on Twitch
- These features let people participate in their favorite communities and discover new ones more efficiently
- We work hard to bring novel opportunities to the world of streaming both individually and in collaboration with similar streamers
- Our consumer facing features span both web and mobile surfaces, we’re working hard to build fast, reliable, and easy to understand client-side experiences
- This position is primarily focused across the entire stack (React and Golang) but will lean initially more toward backend systems, with future efforts moving more client-side
- Deliver high quality user experiences
- 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
Our take
Twitch is the world's leading video platform for gamers, allowing users to livestream gaming sessions and curate a dedicated community for their content. By dedicating the platform to gaming alone, it has amassed a loyal following of fans, and been able to launch its Partner Program where streamers can monetize their livestreams, incorporate corporate partnerships, and even attend TwitchCon, a convention where dedicated gamers can socialize.
Twitch's acquisition by Amazon in 2014 saw its viewers double in a year, bringing the platform to a wider audience. However, with YouTube streaming popularity on the rise, it has big competition to contend with, as some popular streamers prefer going live on the video giant. Interestingly, a recent move by the platform was to enable its partner streamers to make live content on other platforms - previously inhibited by its exclusivity clause - which may combat the possibility of losing streamers permanently to YouTube.
In 2022, Twitch had to contend with backlash for its proposal to cut creator income by reducing their cut of subscription earnings. However, with the plan only affecting a minute number of creators, the controversy appears to have died down. Needless to say, Twitch is for now entirely comfortable in the market - with possible plans to extend past gaming bringing the chance to generate more popularity yet.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2013
$20m
SERIES C
Sep 2012
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $43.2m
Company HQ
Belden Place, San Francisco, CA
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