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 Twitter, 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.
About the Role
Mobile Core is the metaphorical engine of Mobile at Twitch. We are the backbone of every feature and every release going out to our beloved customers. Our team owns the underlying infrastructure within the apps, the infrastructure building the apps, and the core features like video playback. Every mobile team at Twitch depends on what we build and how we build it. As an iOS Engineer on Mobile Core, you will focus on developer velocity, highly performant user experiences and insisting on the highest standards for app quality and performance. You will identify and lead complex projects with large scale influence and collaborate with engineers and partners across the company. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Mobile Core iOS and work remotely or from either our San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, or our New York City offices.
You Will:
- Build delightful frameworks, drive their adoption amongst internal developers and measure their impact
- Champion prioritization of projects alongside your engineering leadership and product managers
- Insist on the highest standards for mobile development at Twitch by defining best practices and policies
- Identify opportunities across the mobile development stack to boost developer productivity and happiness
- Mentor and cultivate the growth of the engineers around you
You Have:
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
- 3+ years of industry iOS development experience using Swift
- Experience communicating complicated technical problems to both technical and business audiences
- Experience working with iOS specific development tools, such as XCode, SwiftUI, CocoaPods, Firebase, or Swift Package Manager
- Experience leading large scale engineering projects with multiple stakeholders
Bonus Points
- Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit, CloudFormation, or Terraform or equivalent technologies
- Experience with other object oriented programming languages, such as C#, C++ or Python
- Fluency in some subset of UI design, data modeling, algorithms, and database schema design
- Experience mentoring and growing engineers
- Familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both!)
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.
Job ID: TW8622
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/#learn-more. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Remote US Pay Per Year
$129,300—$223,600 USD
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What We Do
Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and a lot more. It’s a place where millions of people come together live every day to chat, interact, and make their own entertainment together.
Why Work With Us
We’re all about community, inside and out. Working here, you’ll find your coworkers are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We speak our own language (don’t worry, you’ll learn it), we have a club for everything, and we host an annual IRL party, TwitchCon, for our community of fans and creators.
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