Principal Engineer

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Join the team as a Principal Engineer in our Segment CDP product

Who we are & why we’re hiring

Twilio powers real-time business communications and data solutions that help companies and developers worldwide build better applications and customer experiences.

Although we're headquartered in San Francisco, we have presence throughout South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. We're on a journey to becoming a globally anti-racist, anti-oppressive, anti-bias company that actively opposes racism and all forms of oppression and bias. At Twilio, we support diversity, equity & inclusion wherever we do business. We employ thousands of Twilions worldwide, and we're looking for more builders, creators, and visionaries to help fuel our growth momentum.

About the job

This position is needed to create high-quality, modern solutions to complex engineering problems and help define the future of Customer Data Platforms. Our mission is to help businesses unlock customer insights and make better decisions faster and cheaper by creating a suite of industry-leading storage and compute services.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing and building a suite of storage and compute building blocks that form the foundation of a Customer Data Platform capable of processing billions of profiles. You’ll also be responsible for mentoring, sharing knowledge, and guiding the technical decisions of the team to set us up for long-term success, both as a product and as a team.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

• Design and build the next generation of Profiles Data Lake to store, process billions of profiles, and power various use cases across Twilio Data and Applications

• Build highly scalable and robust APIs to ingest and access data for internal teams and customers

• Build and optimize globally available and highly scalable distributed systems

• Collaborate with teams across the engineering organization to ensure services are multi-region capable and meets regulatory requirements

• Mentor other engineers on the team on technical architecture and design

• Participate in an on-call rotation to support our business-critical infrastructure

Qualifications 

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

Required:

• 8+ years experience writing production-grade code in a modern programming language.

• Strong theoretical fundamentals and hands-on experience designing and implementing highly available and performant fault-tolerant distributed systems.

• Experience programming in one or more of the following: Go, Java, Scala, or similar languages

• Experience operating large-scale, distributed systems on top of cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Compute Platform (GCP)

• Have hands-on experience with container orchestration frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes, EKS, ECS)

• Experience shipping services (products) following CI/CD development paradigm.

• Deep understanding of architectural patterns of high-scale web application (e.g., well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)

• Domain expertise in Modern Data stack with experience in developing cloud-based data solution components and architecture covering data ingestion, data processing and data storage

• Have a track record of successfully leading teams, large projects, or owned and built an important, complex system end to end

• Ability to influence and build effective working relationships with all levels of the organization

• Are passionate about enabling other developers through your leadership and driving teams to efficient decisions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Location:

This role will be remote and based in India. 

What We Offer

There are many benefits to working at Twilio, including, in addition to competitive pay, things like generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Twilio thinks big. Do you?

We like to solve problems, take initiative, pitch in when needed, and are always up for trying new things. That's why we seek out colleagues who embody our values — something we call Twilio Magic. Additionally, we empower employees to build positive change in their communities by supporting their volunteering and donation efforts.

So, if you're ready to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and be the best version of yourself, apply now!

If this role isn't what you're looking for, please consider other open positions.