Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Software Development Engineer, Twitch Prime Live

  • Internship
  • San Francisco (City and County of San Francisco)

Job description



DESCRIPTION

Are you excited to create new technology that fuels interactive entertainment? Come build the future of interactive entertainment with us!

We are looking for interactive and software development contributors to join our Twitch Prime Live team to help us build and market cutting-edge entertainment content. Twitch Prime Live was created to explore new types of entertainment and bring the best of pop culture and gaming together. Our livestream programs are watched by millions of viewers on our Twitch channel. We are ready to ramp up our program and build out our team.

In Twitch Prime Live, we are driving new forms of interaction for our viewers. Those experiences are built on the Twitch Extension framework or on mobile web/ applications that allow viewers agency in programming content. This position will lead the efforts to implement and explore the technical and creative possibilities of interactive viewing on Twitch.

Your role will be to be our technical design leader. You will create an organization to design and implement new technologies required to deliver engaging and entertaining interactive experiences to our viewers on our Twitch channel.
· You will be responsible for the implementation of a collection of technical engineering investments that both meet short term programming needs and build a long term foundation that allows our interactive design to continue to innovate with our programming.
· The candidate will be responsible for the design and implementation of components of the foundation.
· You will design and implement interactive elements for existing programming, including, but not limited to Twitch Extensions, Chat interactions, Mobile based Applications and Real World inputs.
· In order to perform these tasks, you will have to demonstrate the ability to organize a technical implementation process, communicate their intent and progress, and implement and execute those solutions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· MS in Computer Science, specializing in System Arch. Design.
· PC or Console Video Game Development experience.
· Twitch Extensions development experience.
· Twitch Streaming Experience.
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age

Desired profile



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BS in CS or similar program, technology related programs.
· Two Years of Engineering Implementation experience.
· Experience in Customer facing Interactive Experience delivery, for instance, Video Game development, Mobile Application development, Entertainment oriented Website design.
· Technical command of HTML5, IOS and Android based Application development, and High Performance Graphics implementations.
· The Ability to write a multipage Technical paper and present it to technical management to an effective conclusion.

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