Software Engineer
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About the Role
Twitch's Mobile Engineering team develops native applications for the Android platform. This platform represents an ever-growing share of Twitch viewership and providing functional and delightful experiences on them is important to user engagement. As an Android Software Engineer on our Community Discovery Engagement Mobile Team, you will help us build and deliver new features for the mobile app and contribute to team planning, design, and architecture discussions. You will work with modern technologies like Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and GraphQL to contribute to a mobile developer platform. You will report to our Senior Manager of Engineering.
You Will:
- Develop and deliver new product features for our Android application
- Improve engineering processes to increase the teams effectiveness
- Contribute to team planning and design discussions
- Measure the impact of large and small features to deliver value to our viewers and creators
You Have:
- 1+ years of application development experience and some Android development experience
- Experience communicating complicated technical problems to both technical and business audiences
- Experience writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects
Bonus Points
- Proficiency with Kotlin and the Android development ecosystem
- Familiarity or experience working with GraphQL APIs, CI / CD, or AWS
- A talent for building agreement around technical decisions and guiding the team along evolving architecture patterns
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- 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.
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Job ID: TW8589
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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
$99,500—$200,000 USD