Software Engineer, Data Platform

twitch· Platforms & Services
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📍 Seattle, WA

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About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X,  and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

Twitch is building the future of interactive entertainment. The Data Platform team develops and operates the data platform that powers data systems and decision-making. Our data pipeline receives over 200 billion events a day, and we forward live data to tens of systems as well as powering decisions at all levels of Twitch. We provide tools to store, transform, move, and understand data.

As a software engineer on Data Platform, you will deliver the next generation of Twitch data technology. You will build tools which are reliable and scale. You’ll review and shape the work of your peers, and participate in a collaborative engineering team.

You can work from San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will:

  • Develop new capabilities in our data warehouses and pipelines
  • Improve the reliability, flexibility, and scalability of our existing tools
  • Collaborate on our vision as we scale to our next petabyte
  • Enhance our workflows using AI tooling

You Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent industry experience as a Software Engineer
  • Familiarity with scalability, concurrency, API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals
  • Familiarity with AI coding tools

Bonus Points

  • Experience using Golang or Python
  • Experience with distributed, highly available systems
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Contributions to open source

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: TW9289

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
$110,500—$160,000 USD
US, CA, San Francisco - Annually
$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.

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

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