Software Development Engineer - Payouts

About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X,  and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

For many of our creators, streaming on Twitch is a career, and our payout systems are central to making this possible. We're operating at a massive scale and you'll help millions of creators to earn a living doing what they love.

As a key member of the engineering team, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Payouts team and have the opportunity to build and scale solutions that affect millions of users and broadcasters. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists to deliver solutions. This position is based in San Francisco, CA.

• Work with technical leads and other engineers to design and develop payment and payout platforms and services
• Contribute to customer-focused project deliveries
• Work with other teams to clarify product requirements
• Improve engineering processes
• Participate in design and code reviews

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or prior relevant engineering experiences
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, data modeling, and schema design
• 6 months or more of industry software engineering experience 
• Experience creating detailed technical documentation
• Proficient experience level in one or more of the following: Go, Ruby, Java, C
• Familiar with AWS ecosystem

• Experience with e-commerce and/or financial systems

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

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Job ID: TW8996