Mobile Engineering Manager, Twitch
$148-287.7k
Office located in Irvine, CA
Gaming-focused livestream platform
Job no longer available
Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$148-287.7k
Office located in Irvine, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager or team lead
- Experience shipping user-facing products for Mobile platforms
- Experience working with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders on other teams
Desirable
- Programming experience and domain knowledge on Android or iOS
- Big bonus points if you have experience with in-app purchasing products and the ecosystem around them
- Familiarity with Twitch or other user-generated content monetization platforms
What the job involves
- Twitch's Mobile Engineering team develops viewing applications for the Android and iOS platforms, supporting phone, tablet, and set-top devices
- These platforms represent an ever-growing share of Twitch viewership and providing functional and delightful experiences on them is essential to user engagement
- As an Engineering Manager you'll help grow our Mobile Engineering team to support our expanding mobile product scope, while maintaining a very high-quality and stability bar for the applications
- You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Mobile Commerce and Ads
- Represent your team in engineering, design, and product discussions with other teams
- Work with product management to influence product strategy and determine the product roadmap
- Build the product roadmap and provide it to our customers at a high-quality
- Manage the careers of the engineers on your team and ensure their continued development
- Be in a critical position to help grow Twitch's revenue
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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