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Product Engineering Manager

Seattle, WAOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$184,900–$250,200 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • full stack applications
  • consumer-facing applications
  • web services
  • cloud infrastructure
  • system design
  • engineering talent
  • ambiguous environment
  • impact oriented
  • product engineering leader
  • Subscriptions

Nice to have

  • Golang
  • AWS Cloud Infra
  • React
  • Machine Learning
  • AI applications

Role summary

Twitch is seeking a Product Engineering Leader to focus on growing creator revenue by leading a team to build products, features, and experiences that enable creators to earn a living. This role involves full-stack development, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong focus on customer impact and desired outcomes. The leader will establish team vision, drive results, and foster career growth for engineers. Experience with consumer-facing full-stack applications, software development, people management, web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design is crucial. Bonus points for experience with Golang, AWS, React, ML, or AI applications. This role can be based in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

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

Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As a Product 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 desired outcomes, and then work backwards into the simplest solution that builds towards those outcomes. You are internally motivated to deliver customer impact, know how to articulate that impact to stakeholders and are able to permeate that culture to your team. Our teams own features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train.

This role can be based in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will:

  • Lead a team of engineers to design, build and operate full stack applications.
  • Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver for our customers.
  • Have a laser focus on delivering results - even if that means disrupting process or protocol.
  • Articulate behaviors that can grow careers. Your people development radar is always on.
  • Quickly dissect the nuances of 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.

    • You Have:

  • Track record of leading teams to design, implement and operate consumer-facing full stack applications (This is important)
  • 8+ years of software development experience; including 2+ years of people management experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Clarity of thought and articulation are critical components for success
  • Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design
  • Ability to to attract, hire and retain engineering talent
  • Comfortable operating within an ambiguous and ever changing environment
  • An impact oriented and product engineering leader mindset

    • Bonus Points

  • Hands-on experience building applications using Golang, AWS Cloud Infra and/or React
  • Experience building Machine Learning or AI applications
  • Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field

    • Perks

  • 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: 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 USDUS, CA, San Francisco - Annually $212,700—$287,700 USD

    Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

    Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

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    • 3

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