Twilio is hiring a
Staff Platform Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Staff Platform Engineer on Twilio's Segment Product team. The role involves building and supporting the Container Runtime platform, mentoring other engineers, collaborating with teams across the organization, and participating in an on-call rotation. The position is remote and based on the East Coast, USA.

Requirements

• 6+ years experience building and operating large-scale production systems
• Deep expertise in architecting, building, and operating distributed container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Mesos, or Docker Swarm
• Expertise in Linux internals, TCP/IP, DNS, Cloud Load balancing technologies
• Deep understanding of architectural patterns of high-scalability distributed systems
• Have led cross-functional teams, large projects, or owned and built an important, complex system
• Proficiency in IaC, Kubernetes, and AWS concepts, best practices, and tools
• Solid problem-solving skills, proactive attitude, and ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation of container orchestration platform building blocks that enable internal teams and customers to unlock value from their data
• Build globally available and highly scalable distributed systems
• Collaborate with teams across the R&D org to ensure their services are multi-region capable
• Mentor other engineers on the team on technical architecture and design
• Participate in driving Segment as a market leader in the development of Open Source Software
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support our business-critical infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in writing production-grade code in a modern programming language
• Proficiency in optimizing cloud infrastructure and compute costs
• Experience building out and supporting GPU-powered K8s clusters to support our gen-ai mission

Benefits

• Generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program
• Paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave