Software Engineer, Twitch
iOS
$99.5-200k
Gaming-focused livestream platform
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Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$99.5-200k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- 1+ years of iOS development experience
- Proficiency with Swift or Objective-C and the iOS development ecosystem
- Experience with data structures, algorithms, and data modeling
- Excellent technical communication skills
Desirable
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
- Experience building community-focused features
- Experience with GraphQL APIs or iOS specific development tools, such as XCode, RxSwift, CocoaPods, Firebase, or Swift Package Manager
What the job involves
- Twitch’s Community Discovery Engagement group is responsible for features and products to help our users understand, build, and recognize their communities
- As the Mobile team, we achieve this goal by building great mobile features for our users
- As a Mobile Engineer, you will drive development on key features, advise engineering and product leaders, and mentor and work with other engineers
- Develop and deliver iOS application features
- Contribute to high-level design and technical discussions for mobile projects
- Conduct code reviews and maintain quality standards
- Enhance engineering process for team efficiency
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver value to our viewer and creators
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 socialise.
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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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2013
$20m
SERIES C
Sep 2012
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $35m
Company benefits
- Remote-friendly Workplace
- Global No-Meeting Days and Company Holidays
- Development Opportunities from Coaching and Mentorship to Live Workshops and e-Learnings
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Disability Insurance
- 401(k), Maternity and Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- Amazon Employee Discount
- Monthly Contribution and Discounts for Wellness Related Activities and Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages),
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Served Daily
- Free Snacks and Beverages
Company HQ
Belden Place, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Emmett Shear
(CEO)Previously co-founded Justin.TV and Kiko Software.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Twitch
- Executive level attention: We build inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging into our executive evaluation processes and conversations. Executives sponsor our Guilds and personally answer employee questions at each All Hands meeting
- Employees experiences: We hold ourselves accountable with regular GLINT and management surveys, and aim for there to be no significant difference in the employee experience across identities
- Diversity in every process: We regularly review our pipeline diversity data with hiring teams.
- Inclusive hiring: We consider equity in every HR decision
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