Software Dev Engineer I - Security Platform
About The Position
Twitch Security Platform builds and operates foundational software, data, and automation that enable security at scale across Twitch. As a Software Development Engineer I on the team, you will design, build, and operate critical services, pipelines, and tooling that support Twitch's security, privacy, and compliance programs. You will contribute production systems that handle large-scale security telemetry, automate security workflows, and provide reliable data and services to internal teams. Working at the intersection of software, security, privacy, and data engineering, you will partner with engineers and product teams to solve security problems through well-designed software. This role is suited to an engineer who learns quickly, values operational excellence, and wants to improve Twitch's security posture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience developing software in a professional environment.
- Fluency in a modern programming language such as Go.
- Prior experience building internal tooling or products for other developers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, such as AWS CDK, or CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch.
- Familiarity with security, data, and privacy systems, such as security or audit data lakes, cloud authentication and authorization flows, vulnerability scanning and remediation pipelines, and privacy or compliance-driven workflows such as CCPA- or GDPR-related controls.
- Experience working with large-scale event or log data, including event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, or batch/streaming pipelines.
- Experience integrating AI-assisted development or analysis tools into engineering workflows, such as LLM-powered tooling, automation, or MCP-style platforms.
Responsibilities
- Work with technical program managers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate security and privacy software.
- Work backwards from security and privacy problems to drive business impact.
- Maintain and improve existing backend services.
- Design, build, and operate critical security services, pipelines, and tooling.
- Contribute production systems that handle security telemetry, automate security workflows, and provide reliable data and services to internal teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
- 401(k).
- Maternity and parental leave.
- Flexible PTO.
- Amazon employee discount.
- 401(k) matching.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
- Basic Life and AD&D insurance, with optional supplemental life plans.
- Employee Assistance Program and mental health support.
- Medical advice line.
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
