Software Engineer, Safety

Amazon•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Full Stack, Junior Software Engineer to join our Safety Products team, responsible for all the safety related features that our users can see and interact with, be it at the site/app level (TOS enforcement, report creation, processing, resolution, appeal flows, etc.) or at the channel level, by creating and maintaining tools for channel moderators and streamers (bans, timeouts, warnings, AutoMod, Suspicious Users, Shield Mode, etc.). Our team is based at Twitch headquarters in San Francisco, CA.

Requirements

1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
1+ years of professional software development experience, or equivalent in internship, school or solo projects.
Working knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks.
Sharp problem-solving skills, excellent understanding of CS concepts (algorithms, data structures, distributed computing).
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Any prior experience on the safety or moderation space.
Familiarity with Twitch's tech stack: Golang, Typescript/React, iOS, Android.
Experience with AWS technologies like ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions.

Responsibilities

Learn about and make contributions to our tech stack, back and front end, mobile, data, infra and more.
Own and maintain parts of the user experience that support moderation features as well as global safety products.
Engage with the full software development cycle: contributing to software initiatives, coding with best practices, providing documentation, testing, and delivering software components on time and with quality.
Work independently and learn to collaborate with a team of cross-functional partners, Product Managers, UX designers, Data and Applied Scientists, Marketers, etc.