Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform

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About the Role

Twitchs Enterprise Platform & Technology (EPT) organization is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to architect build and operate software systems that power enterprise functions across Twitch and Amazon. This is a hands-on engineering role youll write production code own team-level architecture and lead multi-engineer projects from design through deployment and operations.

The problems youll solve dont come with a predefined technology strategy. The business direction is understood the how is up to you. Youll design and deliver solutions using AWS-native services and AI/agentic patterns working across domains like Finance Customer Service Sales and Marketing. Youll iterate fast ship incrementally and raise the engineering bar for your team through exemplary code pragmatic design and mentorship. We need someone who builds not just advises. You own the architecture and the code.

You can work in San Francisco CA; Irvine CA; or Seattle WA.

You Will
- Lead projects requiring work from multiple engineers owning end-to-end design integration of parallel work and delivery across the full software lifecycle (design implementation testing deployment operations)
- Own team-level architecture for enterprise systems providing system-wide design guidance and ensuring solutions are cohesive extensible and secure
- Build and operate production applications on AWS-native services (Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB Bedrock S3 CDK API Gateway etc.)
- Design and deliver AI-powered and agentic workflows that ship to production automating business processes reducing toil and accelerating delivery
- Define agentic architecture patterns and establish best practices for building testing and operating AI systems in production setting the engineering standard for how the team builds with AI
- Design and build data pipelines data lake integrations and data models that enable clean reliable data flows across enterprise systems
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices on your team; set a culture of robust software development through exemplary code design reviews and operational rigor
- Actively mentor and coach other engineers helping them grow their technical skills and independence
- Proactively simplify systems resolve architecture deficiencies and reduce operational burden identifying one-way-door decisions and advocating for the right long-term solutions
- Communicate technical designs and decisions effectively in writing; develop an understanding of problems that lets you explain them to others in simple concise terms

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

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5 years of software development experience shipping production systems
- 2 years of hands-on experience building AI/ML-powered systems deployed to production
- Experimentation with agentic architectures is necessary. And production launch is a
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g. Python TypeScript/JavaScript Java)
- Experience designing and building applications using AWS-native services not just deploying vendor software on cloud infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects involving multiple engineers owning architecture decisions and integration of parallel work
- Experience designing and building data pipelines data models or data lake systems
- Track record of shipping incrementally prototyping validating iterating and delivering frequently
- Strong written communication skills; ability to produce technical design documents that create alignment with peers and technical leadership
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with multiple risks and roadblocks delivering solutions that are as simple as possible

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience across AI/ML engineering and data engineering practices (5 years combined)
- Familiarity with enterprise platforms (e.g. Salesforce ServiceNow) as a consumer or integrator
- Experience with security standards and compliance frameworks (SOC2 SOX GDPR)
- Experience working in enterprise domains such as Finance Customer Service Sales or Marketing
- Mobile development experience (iOS Android or cross-platform)
- Experience working in a large-scale multi-org environment
- Familiarity with integration patterns middleware and master data management concepts

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Irvine - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually
USA CA San Francisco - 193300.00 - 261500.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually