Hiring: Software Development Engineer, Security Platform Company: Twitch Location: Irvine, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 13:25:02 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Event-Driven, GDPR, IaC, Java, LLM, Python About the job Experience: •3+ years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership (design, deploy, operate). Required Skills: •This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working in ambiguous problem spaces, values operational excellence, enables peers, and wants to see their work directly improve Twitch's security posture at scale. •You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; or Seattle, WA. •Own and deliver well-scoped software projects end-to-end, from design through production support. •Partner across Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure on Twitch-wide initiatives. •Drive operational excellence: observability, reliability, and operational readiness for critical systems. •Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, clear technical decision-making and validation including AI-assisted output. •Participate in, retrospectives, and technical discussions, influencing decisions through technical leadership. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. •Deep fluency in a modern language (Go, Java, Python, or similar). •Hands-on AWS: 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 •Strong cross-team communication able to disagree with data and commit once decided. •Full-stack experience ownership across backend APIs and frontend experiences. •Operational 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). •Operational familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both!) Compensation: •$143,700 - $194,400 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!