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See yourself at Twilio

Join the team as our next

Software Engineer!

Who we are & why we’re hiring

Twilio powers real-time business communications and data solutions that help

companies and developers worldwide

build better applications and customer experiences.

Although we're headquartered in San Francisco, we're on a journey to becoming a globally antiracist company that supports

diversity, equity & inclusion

wherever we do business. We employ thousands of Twilions worldwide, and we're looking for more builders, creators, and visionaries to help fuel our growth momentum.

About the job

This position is needed to

fulfill the critical role of a Software Engineer (L3) within Twilio Sendgrid, to help us in creating, deploying and managing highly available, very large scale distributed systems.

We produce 18 billion events/day! This role will help rewrite existing systems struggling to scale as well as contribute in building additional new product offerings that provide a world class api.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

Be An Owner:

Take initiative in identifying and resolving issues that can improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the team. Lead the design and execution of small to medium technical projects with limited oversight.

Empower Others: Help the team by sharing your knowledge and experience, in solving complex challenges. Actively remove oneself as a single point of failure.

Operate at the team level with some cross-team level impact.

Ruthlessly Prioritize: Advocates for balancing between tech debt and feature development by collaborating with engineering and product.

Wear The Customer's Shoes: Ship reliable features, at scale, that deliver the most value to your customers. You will partner with engineering and product to understand customers’ challenges, see opportunities, craft solutions, and lead the team to deliver the right value.

Be Bold: Embrace calculated risks, while understanding the tradeoffs between technology choices.

Be Inclusive: Collaborate with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds.

Qualifications

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

Required:

5 years of relevant experience building highly available, scalable, fault tolerant and maintainable distributed systems. They should have learned enough lessons the hard way that they’re able to share them with others.

Excellent written and spoken communication skills. Ability to articulate and present vision to both technical and non technical stakeholders.

Operational excellence focussed: Understands value of monitoring with metrics and alerting. Knows how to build resilient systems that are maintainable for years to come.

Understands the importance of availability and reliability; has had their own share of painful outages.

Strong experience with one or more of following languages - Golang, Python, Java, C#

Experience with REST API design and implementation.

Strong technical and leadership chops - Led technical decisions for small to medium sized projects and influenced technical decisions across your functional domains. Led initiatives/projects that enforce operational reliability factors such as monitoring, performance and capacity planning, security, and disaster response.

Desired:

A passion for automation with DevOps or SRE background; blending operational excellence with development best practices.

Deep understanding of sql and distributed databases like ScyllaDB, Clickhouse, Dynamodb, MySQL

Experience with container orchestration and other technologies:Kubernetes, Redis, Buildkite, Chef

Experience working with event streaming platforms like Kafka, Kinesis

Experience with AWS, GCP or other public cloud infrastructure platforms

Experience with email at high scale

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related industry experience

Location

This role will be based in our

Irvine, CA

office or remotely in the

US, as well.

What We Offer

There are many benefits to working at Twilio, including, in addition to competitive pay, things like generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Twilio thinks big. Do you?

We like to solve problems, take initiative, pitch in when needed, and are always up for trying new things. That's why we seek out colleagues who embody our values — something we call

Twilio Magic

. Additionally, we empower employees to build

positive change in their communities

by supporting their volunteering and donation efforts.

So, if you're ready to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and be the best version of yourself, apply now!

If this role isn't what you're looking for,

please consider other open positions

*Please note this role is open to candidates outside of Colorado as well. The information below is provided for those hired in Colorado only.

*If you are a Colorado applicant:

The estimated pay range for this role, based in Colorado, is

If you are a Colorado applicant: The estimated pay range for this role is: $132,320 - $181,940

Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Twilio's equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location within the state. This role is also eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave.

Twilio is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Twilio is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Additionally, Twilio participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Twilio is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodation@twilio.com

Company info

Twilio Inc
Website : https://www.twilio.com