Director of Engineering (Ads)

Join Twitch as the Director of Engineering (Ads) and lead the development of innovative ad experiences that feel native to live streaming. You will own the technical vision for ads on Twitch, make architectural decisions, and partner with cross-functional teams to balance advertiser needs with viewer and creator experience. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

• Own the engineering strategy for ad products across multiple teams, making architectural decisions and evolving how ads are served, targeted, and measured in a live-streaming context.
• Lead multiple teams in building ad experiences that feel native to live streaming, ensuring that the technical vision for how ads work on Twitch is realized.
• Foster a culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics, while building and developing your managers.
• Experience growing and retaining engineering talent - not just hiring, but developing people into leaders
• Strong technical chops to earn credibility with senior engineers and make architectural tradeoffs
• 7+ years managing software engineering teams, with at least 1 of those managing other managers
• A track record of shipping consumer-facing products in a high-growth, fast-changing environment
• Ability to build a strong engineering culture anchored on technical innovation, high velocity, customer impact, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience operating with high autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving organizations
• Background working in live or real-time media environments
• Experience building for ads products - ad serving, targeting, measurement, or advertiser-facing tools