Sr. Software Development Manager

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About the Role

We are looking for an engineering leader to lead our Payments team the financial backbone powering every transaction on Twitch. You will own the products experiences and platforms that enable 7 million creators to monetize their passion while architecting Twitchs next generation of payment systems.



This is a high-impact role at the intersection of technology and creator economy. You will create user-friendly purchase experiences for viewers and creators while developing innovative payment solutions that power Twitchs global ecosystem. You will tackle complex technical challenges including orchestrating payments for millions of global users integrating with multiple third-party payment vendors ensuring system resilience at massive scale and maintaining sub-second response times worldwide. Your decisions directly influence Twitchs revenue and user satisfaction.



What also makes this role exciting is the breadth of collaboration. Payments sits at the center of nearly every monetization product offering at Twitch. This gives you visibility across the organization and the opportunity to shape monetization strategy alongside product data science fraud prevention compliance finance and creator experience teams. You will drive meaningful impact to Twitchs business and revenue growth while learning and growing in the exciting world of digital payments.

You Will

- Lead a team of engineers to design build and operate full-stack web applications that process millions of transactions daily
- Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver exceptional experiences for our creators and viewers
- Keep your people development radar always on; articulate behaviors and impacts that accelerate careers and build world-class engineering talent
- Quickly dissect the nuances of complex trade-offs making conscious architectural and product choices while overcoming technical and organizational challenges
- Constructively parse ingest challenge and reframe proposals and plans to drive better outcomes
- Adjust gracefully to changing priorities while maintaining team energy focus and delivery momentum

Perks
- Medical Dental Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount


- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 5 years of experience in software development
- Experience with web services cloud infrastructure and system design at scale
- Proven ability to attract hire and retain top engineering talent
- Willingness to accept feedback from teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Track record of leading teams to design implement and operate consumer-facing applications with high reliability requirements
- Experience using Agile development methodologies to deliver iteratively and respond to changing needs

- Experience as a Senior Engineer designing implementing and operating distributed applications in production environments
- Familiarity with payment systems financial infrastructure or e-commerce platforms
- Experience with Twitch either as a viewer or creator (or both!)

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.