Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. The role involves crafting immersive experiences, building scalable applications, and collaborating across teams to enhance viewer engagement with creators.
Responsibilities
- Craft immersive, interactive experiences that keep viewers supporting creators while engaging with the Twitch Community
- Architect and build robust, scalable applications that can handle millions of concurrent users
- Collaborate across teams to create cohesive solutions that drive business impact
- Transform customer feedback into innovative features that enhance the Twitch experience
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Ability to effectively collaborate with teammates is critical to success
- A track record of building consumer-facing products that users love
- Demonstrable experience of modern programming languages and frameworks
- Sharp problem-solving skills with a focus on algorithms, data structures, and schema design
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience
- Experience with mobile development, either native or hybrid
- Familiarity with Twitch's tech stack: Golang, Typescript/React
- Experience with AWS technologies like ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
- A passion for gaming, streaming, or the Twitch platform
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Company Overview
- Twitch is a social video platform where gamers can broadcast, watch, and talk about video games. It is a sub-organization of Amazon. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.twitch.tv.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Twitch has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 60 in 2025, 72 in 2024, 113 in 2023, 173 in 2022, 102 in 2021, 71 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.