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# Software Development Manager

- **Company:** Twitch Interactive
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $184,900.0 - $250,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Web Services, ReactJS, Software Application Programming, Information Technology, Golang
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/twitch/jobs/8577609002

## About the Role

* 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
 * Track record of leading teams to design, implement and operate consumer-facing applications
 * An impact oriented and product engineering leader mindset, * 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

## Description

Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and they rely on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As an 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 your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineering leaders, product managers, designers, data specialists and program managers to deliver solutions. Our teams own features like Subscriptions, Gifting, Turbo, Bits and Hype Train., * 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.


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