Twilio

Principal Backend Engineer at Twilio in Remote

Aurora, CO | $100K - $150K

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See yourself at Twilio Join the team as our next Principal Backend 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 As a Software Engineer on the Twilio Engage Compute team, you'll lead the design and building of systems that process hundreds of thousands of requests per second in real-time and compute billions of data points per hour. You'll also be responsible for mentoring, sharing knowledge, and guiding the technical decisions of the team to set us up for long-term success, both as a product and as a... team. Twilio Engage is the world's first growth platform powered by customer data. Imagine a platform that can take hundreds of thousands of messages entering Twilio Segment's pipelines every second, add in an identity graph, overlay high-speed databases and realtime and batch computation engines -- and you have the Twilio Engage platform. This platform unlocks our ability to build key business growth features like audience management, real-time personalization, and data-driven marketing campaigns. We iterate quickly on these products and features and learn new things daily -- all while writing quality code. We work closely with product and design and solve some of the toughest engineering problems to unlock new possibilities for our customers. If you get excited by building products with high customer impact -- this is the place for you. Responsibilities In this role, you'll: Become the architect and tech lead for the computation systems that power Twilio Engage Create world-class scheduling and orchestration platforms to drive and scale our computing capabilities Propose and implement new ideas to advance the state of the art in real-time compute Design and build a programmatic interface for creating, scheduling, and executing computations at scale Collaborate with subject matter experts, fellow developers, and internal stakeholders to turn business goals into achievable technical roadmaps Drive operational excellence, maintaining robust uptime and enabling continuous delivery Mentor and direct a distributed team of skilled engineers 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: 7 years of experience writing production-grade code in a modern programming language Experience as a technical leader mentoring and providing leadership to engineering teams Experience designing and implementing highly available, performant, and fault-tolerant distributed systems that provide durable and (eventually) consistent results Exposure to architectural design patterns of high-scale systems (e.g. well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms) and experience navigating and understanding large-scale software architectures Well-versed in concurrent programming Solid grasp of Linux systems and networking concepts Experience maintaining and operating always-on cloud services Experience taking challenging projects across the finish line, from gathering requirements to deploying and debugging systems in production Experience interfacing with stakeholders and translating customer requirements into software solutions; motivated and driven to deliver customer impact Comfortable asking questions and taking initiative to solve problems in a rapidly growing company, where it is often necessary to draw the owl Demonstrated commitment to seeking diverse viewpoints and acting with intention to create an inclusive team environment Excellent written and verbal communications skills Desired: Experience with Golang and public cloud solutions Experience with Apache Flink or other distributed compute frameworks Experience with data lake architectures Experience managing AWS infrastructure Track record of open source contributions Location This role will be remote and based in the USA. Salary Range: $100K -- $150K Minimum Qualification Software DevelopmentEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications

: 5,001-10,000 employees
: Software, Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Computer Software, Telecommunications, Internet, Information Technology & Services, Telecommunications Equipment, Information Technology Services, Communications
: Public Company
: NYSE:TWLO
: Founded: 2008
: Crunchbase Link
: Last round: Post IPO equity
: Last round: US$ 378.2M
: San Francisco, California
: Company Specialties:
telecommunications, API, cloud communications, SaaS, telephony, SMS, Voice, VoIP, and GDPR