Software Development Manager, Payments

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About the Role

We are looking for an engineering manager to lead our Payments team the system through which every dollar on Twitch flows. Your team builds the purchase experiences that millions of viewers use daily and the payment infrastructure that enables 7 million creators to earn a living doing what they love.



This is a hands-on leadership role where you will own real technical problems: orchestrating payments across multiple third-party vendors maintaining sub-second response times at global scale modernizing legacy systems while keeping the lights on and ensuring every transaction is accurate down to the penny. Youll lead a team of 5-7 engineers many of them senior and youll be expected to go deep on architecture decisions alongside them.

What makes this role unique is its position at the center of Twitchs business. Payments touch every monetization product. Youll collaborate daily with product data science fraud prevention compliance and finance teams. Youll have real influence on Twitchs revenue trajectory and direct visibility to senior leadership.

This is also a strong growth role. Youll report to a senior level engineering leader gain exposure to cross-organizational strategy and have the opportunity to expand your scope as the team and business grow.



You Will
- Lead a team of engineers to design build and operate full-stack web applications that process millions of transactions daily
- Own your teams delivery end-to-end: roadmap planning execution and operational excellence
- Grow senior engineers in their careers: coach challenge and create opportunities for promotion
- Make hands-on architectural decisions: youll be in design reviews weighing tradeoffs on vendor integrations system resilience and data accuracy
- Partner cross-functionally with product finance and compliance to shape what we build and why
- Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities while keeping your team focused and energized

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


- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 3 years of experience as an engineering manager leading teams of 5
- 5 years of experience in software development
- Experience with web services cloud infrastructure and system design
- Track record of hiring retaining and growing engineering talent
- Experience operating consumer-facing web applications with high reliability requirements
- Experience using Agile methodologies to deliver iteratively

- Background as a Senior/Staff Engineer designing and operating distributed systems in production
- Familiarity with payment systems financial infrastructure or e-commerce platforms
- Experience with Go React or AWS services
- 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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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 San Francisco - 212700.00 - 287700.00 USD annually