Senior Software Engineer

Twilio is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Voice Connectivity Trust team. The role involves designing and implementing real-time services with high throughput and low latency requirements, working closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs, and embracing the challenge of scaling a complex distributed platform.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a large scale, distributed applications environment on JVM based technologies
• Experience building RESTful services, API design and event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Hands on experience with cloud infrastructures such as AWS, GCP, OpenStack or Azure
• Experience with on-call rotations, incident response, monitoring/alerting tools (Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana)
• Excellent written communication skills
• Proven ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability
• Strong Java fundamentals with the ability to architect, review, and debug code whether written by you, teammates, or AI agents
• Demonstrated proficiency working with AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals not limited to data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems
• Able to work well in a team setting and both highly motivated and motivating

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous time off
• Ample parental and wellness leave
• Healthcare
• Retirement savings program