Software Engineer (L2)

We are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our Messaging team at Twilio. As a Software Engineer (L2), you will play a crucial part in designing, building, and optimizing our platform to support a wide range of messaging use-cases.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build large-scale distributed messaging and media systems with a focus on reliability, availability, scalability, and performance.
• Work closely with stakeholders and product teams to gather business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Own your code end-to-end from development to deployment and provide operational support through on-call rotations.
• Take ownership of troubleshooting and resolving operational issues, with opportunities to enhance existing troubleshooting processes and tools.
• Participate in the refinement of the team's ticket backlog, estimating work, and follow Agile ceremonies.
• Mentor early in-career engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field or equivalent working experience.
• 3+ years of related software development experience shipping multiple products/services.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages including Java, Scala, C, C++ and advanced concepts like asynchronous programming, multi-threading, etc.
• Experience in AWS cloud solutions, Kubernetes/EKS, CI/CD pipelines like Buildkite & containerization frameworks like Docker.
• Experience with asynchronous communication patterns like Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, etc.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases, SQL queries, query optimizations, and ETL tools.
• Experience with Testing & Automation.
• Curiosity and interest in learning new programming languages and frameworks.
• Working in agile teams or startup environments with strong customer focus. Commitment to engineering practices that ensure safe and fast-paced releases of services.
• Demonstrated organizational agility, cross-team collaboration, commitment to results, and excellent written and verbal communications.

Location: This role will be remote, but is not eligible to be hired in CA, CT, NJ, NY, PA, WA.

What We Offer: Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Compensation: The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows:

• Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont, or Washington D.C.: $116,960 - 146,200
• Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $123,760 - 154,700
• Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $137,520 - 171,900