About Us:

Twitch Is The World's Largest Live Streaming Service, With A Global Community Built Around Sports, Entertainment, Music, Games, Cooking And More. It Is A Place Where Thousands Of Citizens Gather Every Day For Anything. We Are About The Community, Inside And Out. You'll Find Colleagues Eager To Connect, Collaborate, And Solve (Or Gracefully Solve) Problems Together. We're All About Empowering Vibrant Communities, So If That Sounds Right To You, See What We're Up To On Linkedin And Twitter And Learn About The Work We're Doing On Our Blog. Don't Forget To Check Out Our Interview Guide On Our Instagram Channel To Learn How To Do Our Interview Process.

About The Job:

Twitch Organizes The Largest Live Video Channel And Distributes It Using A Dedicated Live Video CDN To The World, Delivering More Than 25 Tbps To More Than Five Million Simultaneous Viewers. In Addition To Serving Twitch Traffic, Our Video Platform Is Offered As An Amazon Interactive Video Service, An AWS Service That Allows Creating A Live Video Streaming System With Just A Few Lines Of Code. The Video Infrastructure Performance Engineering Team Provides Hardware And Software Tailored For Large-Scale Video Processing, Which Includes Everything From Infrastructure/Server/Fix And Design To Product Development, Low-Level Operating System/Kernel Software Development, And Collaboration. Things And Others. Internal Service Team To Bring Solutions To Production.

Working On The Video Infrastructure Performance Engineering Team, You Will Use Your Experience In Software Development, Networking, And Advanced Operations To Identify And Remove Performance Barriers To Operations On Video Platforms. We Have Already Built The Lowest Cost HLS Distribution System On The Planet. You Will Help Us Achieve Exceptional Performance Through Our Parts And Data Resources From Around The World To Improve The Performance Of Low-Quality, Real-Time Video Products. As A Senior Software Engineer, You Will Report To The Video Infrastructure Engineering Team.

 You Will Be:

• Learn The Landscape Of The Services That Work On Our Resources And Analyze Their Performance To Identify The Best Opportunities For Improvement
• Create Software Prototypes To Demonstrate The Best Hardware Performance And Collaborate With Project Teams To Adopt New Technologies
• Create Low-Level Software Libraries And Applications In C/C++/Rust/Golang And Deploy Them To The Production Environment.
• Improve The Density Of Large Network Services, Such As Video Access And Media Distribution (E.G. CDN Optimization)

 Value

• Health, Dental, Vision And Disability Insurance
• 401(K)
• Parental Leave
• Variable PTO
• Discounts For Amazon Users
• Monthly Bonuses And Deductions For Wellness-Related Activities And Events (e.g. Gym Memberships, On-Site Massages, Etc.)

We're Equal Opportunity And Diversity Workers On Twitch. We Do Not Discriminate based on Race, Religion, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Age, Marital Status, Military Status Disability Status, Or Any Status Reserved For 'The Law.

By The San Francisco Fair Chance Act, We Will Consider Qualified Applicants With A Criminal Record. By The Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, We Will Consider Qualified Applicants With A Proven Record Of Employment.

Twitch Takes Your Privacy Seriously. Please See Our Applicant Privacy Notice For More Information About How We Collect, Use And Disclose Your Personal Information.

Eligibility Criteria

• Experience In Characterizing And Optimizing C/C++/Rust/Go Applications For Performance
• Experience Implementing Network Protocol Protocols Such As Ktls, Cryptographic NIC Offloading, And User-Mode Data Processing (Such As DPDK)
• Hands-On Experience With Modern Linux Distributions And Kernel Configuration
• Hands-On Experience In Implementing Network Protocols Such As SSL/TLS/HTTP/HTTPS
• Hands-on experience With Video Protocols Such As RTMP/RTMPS And Webrtc/RTP/SRTP/DTLS
• 4 + Years Of Experience In Improving Application Performance At The System/Solution Level, From Design And Development To Implementation And Monitoring In Production Environments.

 DISCLAIMER WANTED

• Experience Deploying Equipment Specific Applications
• Experience Using Containerization Or Virtualization
• Experience With Video codecs And Standards Such As H.264/H.265 And HLS/LL-HLS

Job Benefits:

• Healthcare: Amazon Often Gives Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance, Such As Clinical, Dental, And Imaginative And Prescient Coverage For Employees And Their Households.
• Retirement Plans: The Enterprise Typically Offers Retirement Plans Consisting Of A 401(Okay) With Matching Company Contributions.
• Paid Time Off: Amazon Commonly Gives A Mixture Of Paid Time Off, Including Day Off, Vacation, And Sick Depart.
• Inventory Options: Many Employees May Additionally Have The Possibility To Participate in the Company Inventory Alternatives Programs, Allowing Them To Shop For Amazon Stock At A Reduced Rate.
• Employee Discounts: Amazon Personnel Frequently Receive Reductions On Amazon Products And Services.
• Academic Assistance: The Agency Can Also Provide Instructional Help Programs To Assist Employees in continuing their Education Or increasing new abilities.
• Expert Development: Amazon Regularly Emphasizes Possibilities For Expert Increase And Gives Sources For Personnel To Enhance Their Abilities And Advance Inside The Corporation.
• Maternity And Paternity Leave: Amazon Typically Offers Maternity And Paternity Leave Benefits To Assist Personnel through Principal Life Events.
• Employee Assistance Applications: Those Applications Provide Assets For Employees Facing Private Or Work-Associated Challenges, Which Includes Counseling Services And Wellness Packages.
• Bendy Operating Options: Depending On Your Function And Vicinity, Amazon May Additionally Provide Bendy Operating Preparations, Along With Remote Paintings Or Bendy Hours.
• Worker Reputation: Amazon Often Recognizes And Rewards Wonderful Workers\' Overall Performance through numerous Recognition Programs.
• Transportation Advantages: Some Locations Can Also Provide Transportation Blessings, Along With Public Transportation Or Parking Subsidies.