# Senior Software Development Manager, Payments

**Company**: Twitch
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,400-$287,700 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/twitch/jobs/8327961002
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_30b7cf39-085

## Description

We're 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.

Your responsibilities will include:

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

- Establishing a clear vision for your team and generating urgency to deliver exceptional experiences for our creators and viewers

- Keeping your people development radar always on; articulating behaviours and impacts that accelerate careers and build world-class engineering talent

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

To succeed in this role, you will need:

- 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

Bonus points if you have experience with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or e-commerce platforms, or experience with Twitch as a viewer or creator.

## Skills

### Required
- engineering management
- software development
- web services
- cloud infrastructure
- system design
- team leadership
- people development
- complex problem-solving

### Nice to have
- payment systems
- financial infrastructure
- e-commerce platforms
- Twitch