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Software Engineer I, Commerce

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Compensation
$127–185K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Software Engineer I will join Twitch’s Memberships team within Commerce Engineering, building subscription, gifting, and Turbo experiences for creators and viewers. The role involves designing, developing, launching, and operating interactive products and scalable applications for millions of concurrent users, while supporting live services. The team works with product managers, designers, technical leads, and engineers to improve customer experiences and drive business impact.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Professional Software Development, requiredConsumer Product Development, requiredCoding, requiredGo, requiredReact, requiredKotlin, requiredSwift, requiredObjective-C, requiredUser Experience Design, requiredTypeScript, nice to haveGolang, nice to haveAWS, nice to haveAmazon ECS, nice to haveDynamoDB, nice to haveAWS Lambda, nice to haveAmazon SQS, nice to haveAWS Step Functions, nice to haveMobile Development, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Equivalent Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Description

If you are interested in this position, please apply on Twitch's Career site https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/If you are interested in this position, please apply on Twitch's Career site https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/

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.

About the Role

Join Twitch’s Memberships team within the Commerce Engineering organization, where we’re building rewarding experiences allowing creators to make a living doing what they love. We’re the team behind our continuous patronage features including channel Subscriptions, Gifting, and Turbo.

As a member of our team, you’ll work alongside our highly engaged and collaborative team to design, build and maintain systems that scale to millions of concurrent users. We actively seek to improve our experiences and are looking for members that are passionate about our end users.

You can work from San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA;

You Will

Work with product managers, designers, technical leads, and other engineers to design, develop, launch, and operate interactive experiences and products

Work backwards from customer problems to drive business impact

Create interactive experiences that are rewarding for both viewers and creators

Architect and build robust, scalable applications that can handle millions of concurrent users

Participate in Operational Excellence work to maintain and support our live services

Perks

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Maternity & Parental Leave

  • Flexible PTO

  • Amazon Employee Discount

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience in professional software development

  • Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale

  • Proficient coding skills in modern languages and frameworks such as Go, React, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C etc

  • Proven ability with thinking though and delivering quality user experiences.

  • Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

  • Experience with languages/frameworks we use at Twitch: React, Typescript, Golang

  • Experience building software and services using AWS technologies such as ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions

  • Experience working with mobile development, either native or hybrid

  • Familiarity with Twitch, gaming, and/or streaming on Twitch

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 Company’s 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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 .

USA, CA, SAN FRANCISCO - 127,100.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 110,500.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 39,789 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$127–185K/yr
  • California median$164–243K/yr6,967 salary ranges
  • US median$133–215K/yr31,848 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $156K, is 24% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 8,567 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 39,789 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (32,746 postings).
Education
12,439 of the 39,789 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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