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About the Role

Twitch Security Platform builds and operates the technology at the intersection of security, privacy, software engineering, and data engineering. As a Senior Engineering Manager, Security Platform, you will guide a diverse group of software engineers to build critical tools and automation solutions used across Twitch. You will report to the Director of Security, Identity, and Privacy Platforms.

You will manage engineers responsible for operating our security data platform handling billions of weekly events, a multi-petabyte data lake, and numerous analysis tools that provide critical data across the organization to support important security programs. You will also lead engineers responsible for writing software to accomplish security at scale through automation, libraries, and services. With this team, you will lead the full software development lifecycle from product discovery, roadmap prioritization, and execution. Programs you support will include Fraud, Service-to-Service Auth, Detection and Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Engineering Intelligence, and Privacy.

You are experienced in software and data engineering, you bring awareness of the industry's cutting edge, and you're passionate about security. If this sounds accurate, come join us!

You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA; or New York, NY.

You Will:

• Encourage others to do excellent work through your leadership.
• Attract, grow, and retain excellent software engineers.
• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable tooling and automation.
• Work with teams from across the company on Twitch-wide programs.
• Extend, scale, and redefine the Twitch Security Platform.

You Have:

• 7+ years of professional software development.
• 3+ years as an engineering manager or team lead.
• Knowledge of AWS services, open source technologies, and ETL tools and data warehousing solutions.
• Experience hiring and developing remote engineers under your guidance.
• Experience gathering feedback from customers to inform engineering prioritization.
• Experience in leading an AI-first engineering team.

Bonus Points

• B.S. or M.S. in computer science, software engineering, or a related, technical discipline
• You have made petabytes of data quick and easy to work with
• Experience using and managing Amazon Web Service (AWS) services
• Familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator (or both!)

Perks

• 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.

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

Job ID: TW9294

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