Twitch · 9 hours ago
Software Development Engineer, Security
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$144K/yr - $194K/yr
3+ years expTwitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming and entertainment. As a Software Development Engineer II on the Security Platform team, you will design, build, and operate critical services that enhance Twitch’s security, privacy, and compliance programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle complex security challenges.
GamingMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideoVideo GamesVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Own and deliver well-scoped software projects end-to-end, from design through production support
Partner with engineers across Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure on Twitch-wide initiatives
Contribute to evolving and scaling authentication, security and privacy systems, balancing security, reliability, and user experience
Drive operational excellence by improving observability, reliability, and on-call readiness for critical security and identity systems
Participate in design reviews, retrospectives, and technical discussions, influencing decisions through strong technical leadership
Raise the quality bar through thoughtful code reviews, documentation, and maintainable system design
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of experience building and operating production Go services and full-stack applications, with ownership across backend APIs, frontend experiences, and the operational lifecycle of critical systems
Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating production services or data pipelines on AWS, including major AWS-native services, infrastructure-as-code, environment configuration, and safe rollout practices
Experience working in ambiguous technical problem spaces, where requirements are incomplete or evolving, and driving clarity by proposing designs, validating assumptions, and collaborating across security, infrastructure, and application teams
Exposure to security, data, and privacy concepts relevant to platform engineering, such as authentication and authorization, security telemetry or logging, vulnerability scanning or remediation workflows, and basic privacy or compliance considerations
Preferred
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., GDPR-related controls)
Experience working with large-scale event or log data, including event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, or batch/streaming pipelines used for monitoring, analytics, or security use cases
Demonstrated experience improving operational excellence, such as adding metrics, dashboards, alarms, run-books, or automated remediation to increase reliability and reduce on-call load
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
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
401(k)
Maternity & Parental Leave
Flexible PTO
Amazon Employee Discount
Company
Twitch
Twitch is a social video platform where gamers can broadcast, watch, and talk about video games. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2022 (173)
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2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$35MKey Investors
Thrive CapitalBessemer Venture Partners
2014-08-25Acquired
2013-09-30Series C· $20M
2012-09-19Series B· $15M
Leadership Team
Dan Clancy
Chief Executive Officer Twitch
Adam Hueniken
Software Engineering Manager
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