Senior Software Development Manager - Ad Products

About Us

Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. We bring the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming to world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, where we bring everyone together to celebrate, learn, and grow their personal interests and passions. We’re always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on LinkedIn, Twitter and on our Blog.

About the Role

Twitch enables content creators to live-stream content to their communities across the globe. Our suite of advertising products help creators, brands, and sponsors accelerate the growth and engagement of their communities. As a member of the Ad Products organization, you’ll be part of a talented, passionate, and customer-obsessed group working to make Twitch the best advertising platform for creators and advertisers alike.

Twitch is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team that is responsible for building capabilities that support and expand demand for advertising opportunities on Twitch. As the leader of a growing team of engineers, you will drive development of massively scalable services, APIs, pipelines, and extensions to our ad server technology. Together, these systems power Twitch Advertising, arming creators, advertisers, and internal Twitch teams with the tools and insights they need to grow.

As the leader in live-streaming, Twitch is home to unique opportunities and challenges in the advertising space, and the Ad Products group sits at the intersection. If you’re excited about joining our team and having an outsize impact on Twitch and its creators, come work with us!

You Will:

• Help shape the roadmap, manage capacity and inspire a high-performing team to deliver the right products and services for our customers
• Build, own, and operate reliable experiences, systems, and services
• Champion engineering and operation excellence
• Collaborate across teams, organizations, and 3rd party partners to deliver value to our creators, viewers, and advertisers

You Have:

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including hands-on technical expertise and/or management.
• 5+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams to decide and accomplish product roadmaps
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent technical education and work experience
• Solid software development background including design patterns, data structures, testing automation and operational excellence

Bonus Points

• Experience in the advertising industry
• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem of services (EC2, ECS, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda, and CloudWatch)
• Familiarity with ETL pipelines (Kinesis, Airflow, Redshift, or Spark)
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and the container ecosystem

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter Benefits
• Amazon Employee Discount
• Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages)
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Served Daily
• Free Snacks & Beverages

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records