Remote Platform Engineer: Scale Backend & Kubernetes

Twilio; Philippines; Remote; PHP 8,426,000 - 10,535,000; Full time

Job summary

Twilio is seeking a Software Engineer for Platform Engineering (L3) to advance highly available distributed systems. This remote role focuses on building and operating backend services at scale inside a dual-cloud AWS and Azure environment.

You will run Kubernetes beyond managed services, automate infrastructure with Terraform, and push toward robust observability and health across data pipelines. The engineer will mentor teammates, participate in design reviews, and contribute to a healthy

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating resilient backend services at scale using Kubernetes (4+ years).
• Hands-on deployment orchestration with GitOps (ArgoCD) and automated pipelines (Harness or similar).
• Proficiency with Terraform for IaC and cloud configurations (AWS/Azure).
• Strong Go (Golang), Shell, and scripting abilities; knowledge of cloud networking and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate services and automations to manage Kubernetes clusters at scale with cross-functional collaboration.
• Drive code quality through rigorous reviews and maintainable patterns; ensure high testing standards across the team.
• Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure with Terraform; improve observability with metrics and tracing.

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Go (Golang)

Shell

ArgoCD

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

OpenTelemetry

Kafka

Job description

Twilio is seeking a Software Engineer for Platform Engineering (L3) to advance highly available distributed systems. This remote role focuses on building and operating backend services at scale inside a dual-cloud AWS and Azure environment.

You will run Kubernetes beyond managed services, automate infrastructure with Terraform, and push toward robust observability and health across data pipelines. The engineer will mentor teammates, participate in design reviews, and contribute to a healthy