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Software Development Engineer, Security Platform

Twitch
Location
Seattle, WA
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Platforms & Services
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership (design, deploy, operate)
  • Deep fluency in a modern language (Go, Java, Python, or similar)
  • Hands-on AWS experience: designing, deploying, and operating production services or pipelines, with IaC and safe rollout
  • Comfort driving clarity in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces
  • A track record of leading technical projects that span multiple services and parallel workstreams
Nice to have
  • Full-stack experience ownership across backend APIs and frontend experiences
  • 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., CCPA, GDPR-related controls)
  • Experience working with large-scale event or log data, including event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, or batch/streaming pipelines
  • 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
  • Familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both)
What the job really is

As a Software Development Engineer II on the Security Platform team at Twitch, you will design, build, and operate critical services and tooling that enhance security, privacy, and compliance across the platform. Your role involves end-to-end ownership of software projects, collaborating with various teams to address security challenges, and ensuring operational excellence for business-critical systems. You will work with large-scale security data and contribute to automation and data processing workflows.

Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount
Things to weigh
  • No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned, which may indicate a need for adaptability
  • The role involves working in ambiguous problem spaces, which may require a high degree of flexibility and problem-solving skills
  • The salary range is provided, but final compensation is dependent on various factors, so candidates should be prepared for negotiation
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