Software Engineer I, Community Growth

Amazon•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Community Growth organization is driving measurable audience growth, engagement, and revenue for our streamers while delivering exceptional experiences that delight our viewers. Our mission is to design smarter tools, seamless pathways between discovery and support, and meaningful opportunities that connect people to what they love most about 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. Some examples of spaces we own include Chat, Stream Together, and Discovery. This team will also be focusing on making sure Web and Mobile Twitch “Just Works” and also evolving the mobile app experience in new and exciting ways Our consumer facing features span both web and mobile surfaces. This position is primarily focused on web & mobile frontend development (React heavy for both Web & Mobile) but is expected to be fullstack, with some responsibilities around supporting and maintaining backend systems. We’re particularly interested in someone that will become an expert in both of these platforms as well as has passion in influencing what these features should be and how they work.

Requirements

1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
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
Proven ability with thinking though and delivering quality user experiences.
Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: React, Typescript, Golang
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

Responsibilities

Deliver high quality user experiences on both Web and Mobile surfaces.
Work with product managers, designers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences and products
Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
Maintain and improve our existing backend services