Software Engineer I - Frontend

Amazon•San Francisco, CA

13d

About The Position

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. The Community Discovery & Engagement team manages a wide array of features and systems to help communities form, grow, and thrive on 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, Discovery, and Channel Points. Our consumer facing features span both web and mobile surfaces. This position is primarily focused on web & mobile frontend development (React) but is expected to be fullstack, with some responsibilities around supporting and maintaining backend systems.

Requirements

1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
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
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Nice To Haves

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