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About the Role
Creators are the backbone of Twitch and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As an Engineering Leader focused on growing creators revenue you will lead people to build products features and experiences that enable such a living. You will be empowered to work across the stack and across functions. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting building and operating them. You will partner with other engineering leaders product managers designers data specialists and program managers to deliver solutions.
Our teams are based in San Francisco CA and Seattle WA.
You Will
- Lead a team of engineers to design build and operate full stack applications.
- Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver for our customers.
- Have a laser focus on delivering results - even if that means disrupting process or protocol.
- Articulate behaviors that can grow careers. Your people development radar is always on.
- Quickly dissect the nuances of trade-offs making conscious choices and overcoming challenges.
- Constructively parse ingest challenge and reframe proposals / plans for the better.
- Adjust gracefully to change while maintaining team energy and focus.
Perks
- Medical Dental Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
- 8 years of software development experience; including 2 years of people management experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Clarity of thought and articulation are critical components for success
- Experience with web services cloud infrastructure and system design.
- Ability to to attract hire and retain engineering talent.
- Comfortable operating within an ambiguous and ever changing environment.
- Track record of leading teams to design implement and operate consumer-facing applications.
- An impact oriented and product engineering leader mindset.
- Hands-on experience building applications using Golang AWS Cloud Infra and/or React.
- Experience building Machine Learning or AI applications
- Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.