Software Engineer - L3

Summary

Join Twilio as a Software Engineer (L3) and lead the development of innovative backend solutions for our Contracts and Catalog Platform teams. You will play a crucial role in expanding our Product Catalog capabilities, enhancing Commerce Orders fulfillment, and Billing Account lifecycle orchestration. This position requires handling complex billing configurations for over 305,000 active customers and processing more than 1 billion transactions daily. You will collaborate with product managers and architects, lead API design, manage cloud services, and optimize database interactions. The role offers remote work opportunities within the USA (excluding CA, CT, NJ, NY, PA, WA) and occasional travel. Twilio provides competitive pay, generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, and a retirement savings program.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, or similar
• Strong understanding of API development frameworks, system architecture, and frontend and backend development
• Experience with distributed cloud services, microservices architecture, and cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Knowledge of API gateway technologies and message brokers (e.g., Kafka) for building scalable, event-driven systems
• Experience with REST APIs or GraphQL
• Knowledge of modern automated testing and CI/CD pipelines using Buildkite or Jenkins
• Solid knowledge of database management and data-driven application development
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills and experience interacting with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a remote work environment

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable and robust backend services using Java, Scala, and Python
• Collaborate with product managers and architects during the product discovery phase to align technical solutions with business needs
• Lead the API design and architecture to improve system integration and performance
• Manage cloud-based services and infrastructure to ensure high availability and fault tolerance
• Optimize database interactions and data storage solutions for high throughput and efficiency
• Handle the processing and analysis of over 1 billion transactions daily

Preferred Qualifications

• 4-6 years of proven experience in Java, Python in a Production environment
• Experience with high-volume e-commerce systems
• Familiarity with handling large-scale data (processing and storage)
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team

Benefits

• Health care insurance
• 401(k) retirement account
• Paid sick time
• Paid personal time off
• Paid parental leave