Lead an engineering team at Twitch to build and operate full-stack commerce applications like Subscriptions and Bits, empowering creators to earn a living on the world's largest live-streaming service.
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Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As an Engineering Leader focused on growing creators' revenue, you will lead people to build products, features and experiences that enable such a living. You will be empowered to work across the stack and across functions. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineering leaders, product managers, designers, data specialists and program managers to deliver solutions. Our teams own features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train.
This role can be based in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Job ID: TW9201
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
US, WA, Seattle - Annually
$184,900—$250,200 USD
US, CA, San Francisco - Annually
$212,700—$287,700 USD
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8+ years of software development experience including 2+ years of people management experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with clarity of thought and articulation. Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design. Ability to attract, hire, and retain engineering talent. Comfortable operating within an ambiguous and ever-changing environment. Track record of leading teams to design, implement, and operate consumer-facing applications. Impact-oriented and product engineering leader mindset. Must be able to lead a team to design, build, and operate full-stack applications. Establish a clear vision for the team and generate urgency to deliver for customers. Laser focus on delivering results, even if disrupting process. Articulate behaviors that can grow careers and have a people development radar always on. Quickly dissect trade-offs, making conscious choices and overcoming challenges. Constructively parse, ingest, challenge, and reframe proposals/plans for the better. Adjust gracefully to change while maintaining team energy and focus.
