Software Engineer I

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About the Role

The Twitch Ads team manages a comprehensive advertising ecosystem that balances revenue generation with user and advertiser satisfaction. We deliver promotional content through multiple channels while maintaining seamless experiences for viewers, creators and advertisers. Our team is responsible for driving up Ad Supply quality for Twitch and enabling Ad Demand via various domains including Ads Targeting, Brand Safety&Suitability, Measurement, Privacy and Ads Data Platform. These critical technical solutions drive essential business operations and enable trustworthy products for advertisers that are measurable and targetable.

You will become an expert across the breadth of services powering these products - architecting, building, and operating them and working closely with the engineers within the Twitch Ads and Amazon Ads orgs. You will be empowered to work across the stack, and will partner with other engineers, product managers, designers, and data analysts to deliver solutions.

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 and products


• Build distributed applications at scale


• Collaborate with both your team and related teams - fostering shared understanding of how to solve 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


• Proven ability with algorithms, data structures, data modeling, and schema design


• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: Golang, Typescript/React


• 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: TW8805

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience . Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit . Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

US Pay Per Year

$127,100—$185,000 USD

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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