Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communication company that offers Communication APIs for SMS, Voice, Video, and Authentication, empowering developers to embed communication capabilities into their software applications globally.

Diversified Telecommunication Services

Telecommunication Services

5K-10K (8156)

Founded 2008

126 open positions

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Senior Software Engineer

1 day, 14 hours ago

United States

Full-time

Senior

Software Engineer

Software Development

Agile Apache Spark AWS ClickHouse GCP Java Kafka PostgreSQL REST API Spring Terraform Twilio

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Twilio

Diversified Telecommunication Services

5K-10K

Founded 2008

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Description

Architect and implement next-generation distributed systems for Twilio Voice.
Design low-latency, high-scale APIs for real-time access to customer data and communications infrastructure.
Optimize and manage distributed database environments for high availability and performance.
Own the full development lifecycle from system design and prototyping through 24x7 production operations.
Collaborate across engineering teams to solve complex distributed systems problems.
Build and evolve infrastructure that supports high throughput and concurrency requirements.
Work on large-scale API development and advanced data systems.
Ensure the API layer remains resilient and developer-friendly.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree plus 5+ years of software engineering experience in backend or infrastructure systems, or equivalent experience.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, including consistency models, partition tolerance, and scaling stateful services.
Proficiency in Java, Spring, and Dropwizard, with strong experience building RESTful APIs at scale.
Practical experience tuning PostgreSQL, Aurora, or similar relational databases.
Familiarity with deploying and managing large-scale services on AWS or GCP.
Comfort operating in an agile environment with a "you build it, you run it" mentality.
Experience with ClickHouse or other column-oriented databases for analytical queries is preferred.
Familiarity with Terraform or Harness for infrastructure as code is preferred.
Exposure to Kafka or Spark for data movement and processing is preferred.

Benefits

Competitive pay with location-based salary ranges.
Equity plan and corporate bonus plan eligibility.
Health care insurance and 401(k) retirement account.
Paid sick time, paid personal time off, and generous time off.
Paid parental leave.
Ample parental and wellness leave.
Remote-first work environment, with occasional travel for in-person meetings.

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