Frontend Engineer, Twitch
$99.5-200k
Office located in Irvine, CA
Gaming-focused livestream platform
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Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$99.5-200k
Office located in Irvine, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- Are you a TypeScript enthusiast? Is React your jam? If so, you’ll be right at home on the Browser Clients Team
- A degree in Computer Science, a related Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years experience working on large scale JavaScript applications
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with React
- A good understanding of CSS
- Strong analytical problem solving skills
Desirable
- Architectural experience creating highly-scalable web applications
- A solid understanding of best practices and techniques regarding web scalability, performance, and security
- Experience with GraphQL, especially the Apollo Client
- Experience with SCSS or SASS
- Experience with Webpack
- Experience with React Testing Library, Playwright, or other major testing frameworks
- Experience with TeamCity, CircleCI, Github Actions or another major CI/CD platform
- Experience with client telemetry/observability
- Passion for video games is a big plus
What the job involves
- We build and maintain the client-side framework that powers www.twitch.tv. As a Front-end Engineer, you’ll be integral to shipping performant, high quality, and delightful software to Twitch viewers and creators
- Work effectively with the Browser Clients team and feature teams to build high quality Twitch client experiences
- Build, maintain and improve the platform capabilities, developer workflows, tools, and processes that enable feature teams to ship their changes with confidence and velocity
- Become an expert in Twitch’s browser-client technology stack and provide guidance to feature teams on implementing their front-end use cases and understanding their performance in production
- Contribute to architectural, technical design, and process discussions which guide the evolution of Twitch’s browser-based clients
- Identify and uphold frontend engineering best practices through documentation, static analysis, testing and developer education efforts
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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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2013
$20m
SERIES C
Sep 2012
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $43m
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
Leadership
Emmett Shear
(CEO)Previously co-founded Justin.TV and Kiko Software.
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