Software Dev Engineer I - Security Platform
About The Position
Twitch Security Platform builds and operates the foundational software, data, and automation that support security at scale across Twitch. The Software Development Engineer I will design, build, and operate critical services, pipelines, and tooling that support Twitch's security, privacy, and compliance programs. The role works across software, security, privacy, and data engineering, contributing production systems that handle large-scale security telemetry, automate security workflows, and provide reliable data and services to internal teams. The engineer will partner with engineers and product teams to address security problems through well-designed software, while learning quickly and maintaining operational excellence.
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 or similar.
- 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 to improve developer productivity or system insight.
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.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
- 401(k).
- Maternity and parental leave.
- Flexible PTO.
- Amazon employee discount.
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
- 401(k) matching.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, and Medical Advice Line.
- Basic Life and AD&D insurance, with optional supplemental life plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
