Software Engineer II, Android

Amazon•San Francisco, CA

12d

About The Position

Join Twitch's Mobile Core Engineering team as an Android Software Engineer and help shape the foundation of mobile development across Twitch. As a platform team, Mobile Core provides critical tools, frameworks, and best practices that empower all mobile engineers at Twitch to build exceptional experiences for millions of users. Twitch is evolving its mobile strategy from native-first to a hybrid approach that leverages React in WebViews alongside native Android capabilities. You'll work on high-impact initiatives including our hybrid web-to-mobile platform, performance optimization at scale, automated testing infrastructure, and developer tooling that accelerates velocity across the organization. Your work will directly impact how hundreds of engineers build features and how millions of users experience Twitch on Android. This role requires independent operation and technical leadership, as you'll regularly provide guidance to product teams across Community and Commerce organizations. This position can sit in San Francisco, Irvine, or Seattle.

Requirements

3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

Design and implement foundational Android components and frameworks that support both native and hybrid (React in WebView) experiences
Build robust WebView infrastructure and bridges that enable seamless integration between React-based web content and native Android functionality
Optimize performance and scalability of platform components used by millions of daily active users
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Android engineers across multiple product teams on hybrid mobile architecture
Drive architectural decisions that balance developer velocity, app performance, and maintainability
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain development standards for hybrid mobile applications