Twilio

Software Development Engineer 2

Twilio
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3 hours ago
Remote, IrelandMid Level
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Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, verify, deploy, and operationalize real-time services with high-throughput and low-latency requirements.
  • Participate in requirements gathering, technical design, estimation, sprint planning, coding, testing, deployment, and on-call support.
  • Own, operate, and maintain services in a distributed production environment.
  • Develop simple, robust, scalable solutions by collaborating with customers and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Scale a globally distributed voice platform for high availability, reliability, throughput, low latency, and media fidelity.
  • Document technical ideas clearly and collaborate with leads, architects, and cross-functional teams.
  • Develop novel solutions to customer problems in the Voice channel.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of hands-on experience with large-scale distributed applications using JVM-based technologies.
  • Experience building services, designing APIs, and working with event-driven architectures using Kafka or SQS.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, OpenStack, or Azure.
  • Strong Java and computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.
  • Ability to architect, review, and debug code written by oneself, teammates, or AI agents.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with AI coding assistants such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools.
  • Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
  • Strong written communication, teamwork, and motivation skills.
  • Preferred experience with on-call rotations, incident response, and monitoring or alerting tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, and Grafana.
  • Preferred experience scaling SQL or NoSQL data tiers, caching technologies, and production backend systems.
  • Preferred knowledge of SIP and Stir/Shaken protocols.

Benefits

  • Remote work based in Ireland, with occasional travel for project or team meetings and possible ad-hoc in-person gatherings, off-sites, or customer meetings.
  • Generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, and a retirement savings program, with offerings varying by location.
  • Competitive pay is offered, but no explicit base salary amount is stated.
  • Twilio supports employee volunteering and donation efforts.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaAWSAzureDatadogGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaOpenStackPrometheusSQL

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