About the RoleThe Discovery Team in App Experiences manages a wide array of features and systems to help communities form, grow, and thrive on Twitch. These features let people participate in their favorite communities and discover new ones more efficiently. We work hard to bring novel opportunities to the world of streaming both individually and in collaboration with similar streamers.
Our consumer facing features span both web and mobile surfaces, we're working hard to build fast, reliable, and easy to understand client-side experiences. This position is primarily focused across the entire stack (React and Golang) but will lean initially more toward backend systems, with future efforts moving more client-side.
This position is in San Francisco, CA.
You Will:- Work with product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences
- Investigate, instrument and solve performance problems
- Build distributed applications at scale
- Collaborate with both your team and related teams - fostering shared understanding of how to solve common problems and deliver solutions
- Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
You Have:- 1+ Years experience developing software in a professional environment
- Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale
- Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks such as React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, etc.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Bonus Points- Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: React, Typescript, Golang
- Experience with mobile development
- Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
- Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch
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: TW9228
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, CA, San Francisco
$193,300-$261,500 USD
