Software Engineer

Requirements

• A Master’s or Bachelor's degree and 5 + years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend or infrastructure systems.
• Expertise in Distributed Systems: A deep understanding of consistency models, partition tolerance, and the challenges of scaling stateful services.
• Core Languages: Proficiency in Java, Spring, Dropwizard and a strong grasp of building RESTful APIs at scale.
• Database Fundamentals: Practical experience working with and tuning PostgreSQL, Aurora or similar relational databases.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with deploying and managing large-scale services on AWS or GCP.
• Operational Excellence: Comfortable operating in an agile environment with a "you build it, you run it" mentality.

Nice to Haves

• OLAP & Big Data: Experience with ClickHouse or other column-oriented databases for high-performance analytical queries.
• Infrastructure as a code: Familiarity with tools such as Terraform, Harness for managing systems.
• Data Pipelines: Prior exposure to technologies like Kafka or Spark for moving and processing data between distributed systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Architect and implement next-generation distributed systems capable of handling the immense throughput and concurrency requirements of Twilio Voice.
• Design low-latency, high-scale APIs that empower customers with real-time access to their data and communications infrastructure.
• Optimize and manage distributed database environments, ensuring high availability and performance across high-volume data stores.
• Own the full development lifecycle, from initial system design and prototyping to the continuous operation of 24x7 production services.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to solve "hard" distributed systems problems, ensuring our API layer is both resilient and developer-friendly.

Perks and Benefits

• Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.