Software Engineer, Twitch
$127.1-185k
Offers Restricted stock units (RSUs).
Gaming-focused livestream platform
Job no longer available
Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$127.1-185k
Offers Restricted stock units (RSUs).
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- 0-2 years of professional software development experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Ability to effectively collaborate with teammates is critical to success
- A track record of building consumer-facing products that users love
- Demonstrable experience of modern programming languages and frameworks
- Sharp problem-solving skills with a focus on algorithms, data structures, and schema design
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience
Desirable
- Experience with mobile development, either native or hybrid
- Familiarity with AWS infrastructure
- Experience with email / notifications technologies
- Experience writing Go in production systems
What the job involves
- Join Twitch's Commerce Engineering organization, where we're revolutionizing how viewers engage with their favorite creators
- We are the teams behind Subscriptions, Gifting, Bits, Hype Train and Turbo products
- From experimental features to established systems used by millions, we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in live streaming
- Craft immersive, interactive experiences that keep viewers supporting creators while engaging with the Twitch Community
- Architect and build robust, scalable applications that can handle millions of concurrent users
- Collaborate across teams to create cohesive solutions that drive business impact
- Transform customer feedback into innovative features that enhance the Twitch experience
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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