Software Development Engineer, Security Platform
Core
Design, build, and operate critical services, pipelines, and tooling for Twitch's security, privacy, and compliance programs at scale.
Role type
Senior IC backend security platform engineer
Builds
Production systems handling large-scale security telemetry, automation workflows, and data services for internal teams
Domain
Internet / Security & Privacy
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend service design and ownership, Go/Java/Python, AWS with IaC, operational excellence, technical leadership, cross-team collaboration
Preferred skills
Full-stack ownership, security/privacy systems (audit data lakes, auth flows, vulnerability management), large-scale event/log data processing, AI-assisted development tools
Technologies
Go, Java, Python, AWS, IaC, LLM-powered tooling, event-driven architectures
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end software projects from design to production support, partner on Twitch-wide security initiatives, drive observability and reliability for critical systems, conduct design and code reviews, influence technical decisions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
