Twitch

Software Development Manager, Commerce

Twitch$212K — $287K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in software development; 2+ years in people management
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design
  • Ability to attract and retain engineering talent
  • Comfortable in ambiguous and changing environments
  • Proven track record in leading teams for consumer-facing applications
  • Impact-oriented mindset with a focus on product engineering

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineers to design and operate full stack applications
  • Establish a clear vision and urgency within the team
  • Deliver results by challenging existing processes
  • Develop team members and foster career growth
  • Analyze trade-offs and overcome challenges effectively
  • Critically assess and improve proposals and plans
  • Maintain team energy and focus amidst change

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount
Full Job Description
About the Role

Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As an Engineering Leader focused on growing creators' revenue, you will lead people to build products, features and experiences that enable such a living. You will be empowered to work across the stack and across functions. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineering leaders, product managers, designers, data specialists and program managers to deliver solutions. Our teams own features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train.

This role can be based in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.
You Will:
  • Lead a team of engineers to design, build and operate full stack applications.
  • Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver for our customers.
  • Have a laser focus on delivering results - even if that means disrupting process or protocol.
  • Articulate behaviors that can grow careers. Your people development radar is always on.
  • Quickly dissect the nuances of trade-offs, making conscious choices and overcoming challenges.
  • Constructively parse, ingest, challenge and reframe proposals / plans for the better.
  • Adjust gracefully to change while maintaining team energy and focus.
You Have:
  • 8+ years of software development experience; including 2+ years of people management experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Clarity of thought and articulation are critical components for success
  • Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design
  • Ability to to attract, hire and retain engineering talent
  • Comfortable operating within an ambiguous and ever changing environment
  • Track record of leading teams to design, implement and operate consumer-facing applications
  • An impact oriented and product engineering leader mindset
Bonus Points
  • Hands-on experience building applications using Golang, AWS Cloud Infra and/or React
  • Experience building Machine Learning or AI applications
  • Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Perks
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job ID: TW9201

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, WA, Seattle - Annually

$184,900-$250,200 USD

US, CA, San Francisco - Annually

$212,700-$287,700 USD

About Twitch

Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. It is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represent the shift in focus – Justin.tv was shut down in August 2014. That month, the service was acquired by Amazon for US$970 million, which later led to the introduction of synergies with the company's subscription service Amazon Prime. Twitch acquired Curse in 2016, an operator of online video gaming communities and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play.
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