Senior Software Development Manager, Payments

Senior Software Development Manager, Payments

@ Twitch San Francisco, CA

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About the Role

We are looking for an engineering leader to lead our Payments team, the financial backbone powering every transaction on Twitch. You will own the products, experiences, and platforms that enable 7+ million creators to monetize their passion while architecting Twitch's next generation of payment systems.

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of technology and creator economy. You will create user-friendly purchase experiences for viewers and creators while developing innovative payment solutions that power Twitch's global ecosystem. You will tackle complex technical challenges including orchestrating payments for millions of global users, integrating with multiple third-party payment vendors, ensuring system resilience at massive scale, and maintaining sub-second response times worldwide. Your decisions directly influence Twitch's revenue and user satisfaction.

What also makes this role exciting is the breadth of collaboration. Payments sits at the center of nearly every monetization product offering at Twitch. This gives you visibility across the organization and the opportunity to shape monetization strategy alongside product, data science, fraud prevention, compliance, finance, and creator experience teams. You will drive meaningful impact to Twitch's business and revenue growth while learning and growing in the exciting world of digital payments.

You can work in San Francisco, CA.

You Will :

Lead a team of engineers to design, build, and operate full-stack web applications that process millions of transactions daily

Establish a clear vision for your team and generate urgency to deliver exceptional experiences for our creators and viewers

Keep your people development radar always on; articulate behaviors and impacts that accelerate careers and build world-class engineering talent

Quickly dissect the nuances of complex trade-offs, making conscious architectural and product choices while overcoming technical and organizational challenges

Constructively parse, ingest, challenge, and reframe proposals and plans to drive better outcomes

Adjust gracefully to changing priorities while maintaining team energy, focus, and delivery momentum

You Have :

3+ years of experience as an engineering manager

5+ years of experience in software development

Experience with web services, cloud infrastructure, and system design at scale

Proven ability to attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent

Willingness to accept feedback from teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement

Track record of leading teams to design, implement, and operate consumer-facing applications with high reliability requirements

Experience using Agile development methodologies to deliver iteratively and respond to changing needs

Bonus Points

Experience as a Senior Engineer designing, implementing, and operating distributed applications in production environments

Familiarity with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or e-commerce platforms

Experience with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both!)

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job ID : TW9033

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit https : / / www.twitch.tv / jobs / en / #learn-more. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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Senior Software Development Manager, Payments

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