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Salary: USD 127,100 - 185,000 / annual
Twitch is the world's largest live streaming platform, hosting communities around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. The Community Growth organization drives measurable audience growth, engagement, and revenue for streamers while delivering exceptional viewer experiences.
You will join a team focused on consumer-facing features spanning web and mobile platforms, including spaces like Chat, Stream Together, and Discovery. The role is primarily frontend-focused (React for web and mobile) but expected to be fullstack, with responsibilities for supporting and maintaining backend systems. You'll work on making Twitch "just work" across web and mobile while evolving the mobile app experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality user experiences across web and mobile surfaces
- Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate consumer-facing features
- Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Maintain and improve backend services supporting features
You'll become an expert in both web and mobile platforms and have the opportunity to influence feature design and implementation.
Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent relevant engineering experience
- 1+ years of professional engineering experience building consumer-facing products at scale
- Experience communicating complicated technical problems to both technical and business audiences
- Track record of thinking through and shipping quality user experiences
- Enthusiasm for AI-driven engineering practices and desire to optimize development lifecycles using modern automated tools
Bonus qualifications:
- React Native experience
- Go or other backend languages used at Twitch
- AWS experience (ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, Step Functions)
- Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming
- Personal experience building or maintaining software used by the gaming community
