Software Engineer P3

Summary

Join Twilio's Phone Numbers team as a Software Engineer and contribute to the design and development of scalable, distributed systems and microservices. You will work with a talented team to build and deploy the next generation of our systems, focusing on low-latency, highly scalable APIs. Responsibilities include architecting for growth, building foundational code, modernizing software, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role requires extensive experience in designing and building large-scale distributed systems, proficiency in Java, and experience with relational databases and cloud platforms. The position is based remotely in India (specific locations listed) with occasional travel required. Twilio offers competitive pay and benefits, including generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, and a retirement savings program.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with a proven track record of designing, building, and deploying large, scalable distributed systems and microservices architectures. Expert in utilizing asynchronous communication patterns like Kafka or similar tools to achieve optimal performance and decoupling
• 4+ years of experience in Java, including advanced concepts like concurrency, threading, and performance optimization
• 3+ years of experience with a strong understanding of relational databases like MySQL, including query optimization and data modeling principles
• Practical experience with cloud platforms like AWS
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. A healthy ability to manage and resolve conflict - you have the ability to listen, present, and question effectively
• Experience with mentoring junior experience
• Experience being oncall for high scale production systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Architecting for Growth: Design and implement highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and microservices architectures, ensuring robust performance and reliability. Skilled in defining and implementing effective SLOs and SLIs to measure system health, performance, and user experience
• Building the Foundation: Craft elegant and efficient code, utilizing synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns as necessary to optimize performance and maintainability. Identify and implement best practices, conduct design and code reviews, and actively contribute to the evolution of our technical standards
• Modernizing Software: Collaborate and contribute to the migration and optimization of our tech stack to leverage the modern technologies, ensuring future-proof scalability and agility while maintaining backward compatibility
• Mentoring: Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team
• Communication and Collaboration: Partner effectively with cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between technical vision and business goals. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Create clear and concise technical documentation, including design decisions, architecture diagrams, and best practices, for future reference and knowledge sharing
• Oncall: Participate in an on-call rotation and ensure timely response to production incidents and system outages. Collaborate in blameless postmortems for production incidents, focusing on root cause analysis, learning opportunities, and actionable improvement plans

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working with PHP and Knowledge of modern front-end technologies such as React, Typescript, Node.js, or equivalent frameworks is a plus
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for microservices deployment and management

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous time-off
• Ample parental and wellness leave
• Healthcare
• A retirement savings program