Software Development Engineer, Security Platform, Security Platform

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About the Role

Twitch Security Platform builds and operates the foundational software data and automation that enable security at scale across Twitch. As a Software Development Engineer II (SDE II) on the Security Platform team you will design build and operate critical services pipelines and tooling that power Twitchs security privacy and compliance programs.

In this role you will work at the intersection of software security privacy and data engineering contributing production systems that handle large-scale security telemetry automate security workflows and provide reliable data and services to internal teams. You will partner closely with engineers and product teams to solve real-world security problems through well-designed software.

You will own projects end-to-end from design and implementation through deployment and operational support for the systems that are business-critical and highly visible. The problems you work on will span areas such as security data ingestion and processing detection and response automation service-to-service authentication vulnerability management and privacy engineering. This is a broad platform charter and priorities shift as the security landscape does; you should be energized by a wide surface area and comfortable moving fluidly between systems rather than anchored to a single one.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working in ambiguous problem spaces values operational excellence enables peers and wants to see their work directly improve Twitchs security posture at scale.

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

You Will
- Own and deliver well-scoped software projects end-to-end from design through production support.
- Partner across Security Identity Privacy and Infrastructure on Twitch-wide initiatives.
- Drive operational excellence: observability reliability and operational readiness for critical systems.
- Raise the engineering bar through design reviews code reviews clear technical decision-making and validation including AI-assisted output.
- Participate in retrospectives and technical discussions influencing decisions through technical leadership.

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

About the team
Twitch Security Platform builds and operates the foundational software data and automation that enable security at scale across Twitch. As a Software Development Engineer II (SDE II) on the Security Platform team you will design build and operate critical services pipelines and tooling that power Twitchs security privacy and compliance programs.

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering a related field or equivalent experience
- 3 years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership (design deploy operate).
- Deep fluency in a modern language (Go Java Python or similar).
- Hands-on AWS: designing deploying and operating production services or pipelines with IaC and safe rollout.
- Comfort driving clarity in ambiguous evolving problem spaces.
- A track record of leading technical projects that span multiple services and parallel workstreams
- Strong cross-team communication able to disagree with data and commit once decided.

- Full-stack experience ownership across backend APIs and frontend experiences.
- Familiarity with security data and privacy systems such as security or audit data lakes cloud authentication and authorization flows vulnerability scanning and remediation pipelines and privacy or compliance-driven workflows (e.g. CCPA GDPR-related controls).
- Experience working with large-scale event or log data including event-driven architectures asynchronous processing or batch/streaming pipelines.
- Experience integrating AI-assisted development or analysis tools into engineering workflows such as using LLM-powered tooling automation or MCP-style platforms to improve developer productivity or system insight.
- Familiarity 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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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 - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually
USA CA San Francisco - 165200.00 - 223600.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually