Software Engineer

Requirements

• 2+ years of backend development experience, preferably with Java
• Experience consuming and designing mature REST APIs
• Previous experience working with Cloud technologies
• Demonstrated cross-team communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with engineering best practices in all phases of the software development life cycle
• Experience with or interest in designing and operating reliable, scalable systems
• Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
• Work experience on a customer-facing product

Nice to Haves

• Proven ability to work carefully and methodically on high-impact, mission-critical systems
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes
• Experience building fault-tolerant backend services on top of AWS managed services (like databases, caches)
• Experience working with high traffic, highly scalable systems and complex code bases
• Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Rollbar…)

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, implement, test rigorously and support microservices at scale in a collaborative environment
• Advocate for and implement operational best practices and serve on-call for the team’s services
• Demonstrate quickness in learning and interest in teaching others. Take part in sprint and quarterly planning ceremonies
• Contribute to a highly collaborative team, sharing your ideas and requesting feedback
• Communicate complex ideas simply through verbal and written communication. Engineering teams are autonomous mini-startups at Twilio

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous time off
• Ample parental and wellness leave
• Healthcare
• Retirement savings program
• Opportunities to build relationships with customers and team members through occasional travel