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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 USD
US, CA, San Francisco - Annually
$212,700—$287,700 USD
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