Twitch Interactive, Inc.
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SoftwareEngineerII,Twitch
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“Software Engineer II, Twitch at Twitch Interactive, Inc.. Skills: Distributed systems, Network traffic management, Video distribution. Build features for video distribution system. Implement systems shaping traffic across CDNs”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years software development experience, 2+ years design or architecture experience, Experience programming at least one language, Experience implementing AWS services, Golang/Go background, Experience building or running a CDN
Nice to Have
3+ years full software development life cycle experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science, Experience with video encoding, Experience with streaming media standards, Knowledge of networking fundamentals
What You'll Do.
Build features for video distribution system
Implement systems shaping traffic across CDNs
Build robust distributed software systems
Build operable distributed software systems
Build maintainable distributed software systems
Provide technical leadership
Provide guidance to junior members
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Team up; Collaborate; Solve problems together
Full Job Description
Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. IVS is building the future of interactive video. The Video Server Platform Network Traffic Management (NTM) team is seeking an experienced back end distributed systems developer to lead the design and development of our next generation video distribution system. This role focuses on building systems that manage traffic delivery across multiple CDNs (Content Delivery Networks). If you’re excited by the idea of building back end services that operate at a worldwide scale, and have an interest in live video, this is the position for you. Key job responsibilities - Build features enabling the next generation of the Twitch Video Distribution system. - Implement the systems which shape traffic across multiple CDNs, including our own custom live video specialized CDN - Build robust, operable, and maintainable distributed software systems - Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior members of the team About the team We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X, and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process. Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language - Experience implementing AWS services - Strong background in Golang/Go - Experience building or running a CDN Preferred Qualifications:
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