Software Engineer, Level 2

Twilio

Software Engineer responsible for building scalable messaging systems at Twilio. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative communication solutions.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $116,960 - $171,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerETLJavaKafkaKubernetesRabbitMQScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 for engineering practices that ensure safe and fast paced releases of services.
Demonstrated organizational agility, cross-team collaboration, commitment for results, and excellent written and verbal communications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay
Generous time off
Ample parental and wellness leave
Healthcare
Retirement savings program
Eligibility for equity and corporate bonus plan.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaCC++asynchronous programmingmulti-threadingAWSKubernetesCI/CDDocker

Soft Skills

mentoringcontinuous learningorganizational agilitycross-team collaborationcommitment for resultsexcellent written communicationexcellent verbal communication

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in CS