Twitch
Software Development Engineer, Security Platform
$144K–$224K
Irvine, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, CA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 3+ years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates security platform services, data pipelines, and tools that support Twitch’s security, privacy, and compliance programs.
What you'll do
- Deliver software projects end-to-end, from design through production support.
- Partner with Security, Identity, Privacy, and Infrastructure teams on Twitch-wide initiatives.
- Improve operational excellence through observability, reliability, and operational readiness for critical systems.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years building and operating production backend services with end-to-end ownership.
- Deep fluency in a modern language (Go, Java, Python, or similar).
- Hands-on AWS experience designing, deploying, and operating production services or pipelines, with IaC and safe rollout.
Nice to have
- Full-stack experience across backend APIs and frontend experiences.
- Familiarity with security, data, privacy, or compliance systems; large-scale event or log data; or AI-assisted engineering tools.
Pay
$143,700 — $194,400 USD base salary; $165,200 — $223,600 USD base salary; $143,700 — $194,400 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Java, Python, AWS, IaC, LLM-powered tooling, MCP-style platforms
AI focus
May integrate AI-assisted development or analysis tools into engineering workflows; the role also includes validating AI-assisted output.
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