Software Engineer (L3) Infrastructure

Twilio

42d • Remote

About The Position

Join the Developer Platform Experience team under Platform Engineering as our next Software Engineer (L3).
About the job
We are actively recruiting for this role to fill an existing vacancy. This position will help users interact with Twilio’s internal developer platform, manage our software taxonomy and cloud infrastructure inventory, accelerate developer productivity via self-service tools, and drive adoption of engineering best practices throughout the company.
In the near term the team is focused on modernization, working to transition away from in-house legacy systems to cloud-native platform solutions.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a remote, async software development environment leveraging GitHub, Jira, Slack, and Zoom
• Proficiency in any/all of the following programming languages: Typescript, Python, Go, Terraform, Bash
• Experience developing and operating software in an AWS cloud environment
• Experience with relational database concepts and operations
• 5+ years of full-time job experience in a software engineering role
• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code concepts

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with a platform engineering focus in a software engineering organization
• Strong opinions on developer experience and local development best practices
• Familiarity with front-end web application development and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue
• Familiarity with internal developer platform frameworks such as Backstage, OpsLevel, Cortex, or Battlestar
• Fluency with AI platforms such as Claude, ChatGPT, and/or Copilot to accelerate software development
• Experience with SaaS and open source observability tools, such as OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy backend, frontend, and client-side applications for internal use at Twilio
• Collaborate with teammates and guest contributors via peer reviews, planning exercises, and pair programming
• Mentor junior engineers as necessary
• Write tickets, testing plans, and runbooks for the team, as well as internal documentation for users
• Support internal users and ensure system uptime by participating in a 24x7 weekly on-call rotation
• Continuously improve Twilio’s internal developer platform interfaces, local development tools, and platform onboarding processes
• Independently own medium-sized features, authoring specifications and designs for features of moderate complexity

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees