Remote Backend Engineer - Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Twilio; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 163,100 - 203,900; Full time

Job summary

Twilio is hiring a Software Engineer (L2) for Twilio SendGrid to design, deploy, and operate highly available, large-scale distributed systems. You will help redesign backend services, strengthen security, and deliver customer insights for email programs.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with engineering and product teams, and shipping reliable features at scale. Remote-friendly with occasional in-person gatherings as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in your craft with demonstrated skill progression.
• Proficiency with Go or similar typed programming languages (Java, C#, C++, Rust, etc).
• Ability to implement reliable, maintainable components.
• Automation-minded; experience automating processes and administrative tasks.
• A highly effective collaborator, you work with your team and help drive team towards common goals.
• Self-driven; take complete ownership of your tasks and champion efforts to get your tasks to completion.
• Degree in Computer Science or similar experience work experience.
• Experience with Docker, and/or Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies.
• Experience with Terraform or similar configuration management tools.
• Experience with MySQL or AWS Aurora database systems.
• Experience with Kafka or other distributed logging systems.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud infrastructure providers (GCP, Azure).

Responsibilities

• WEAR THE CUSTOMER’S SHOES: Ship reliable features, at scale, that deliver the most value to your customers. You will partner with engineering and product to understand customers’ challenges, see opportunities, craft solutions, and lead the team to deliver the right value.
• BE AN OWNER: Perform thorough and thoughtful code reviews to help maintain a high standard of code quality.
• BE AN OWNER: Identify key system metrics and ensure adequate monitoring coverage for new and existing data storage and analytical services.
• DRAW THE OWL: Be creative, take your own initiative, and solve some of our most challenging problems.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Rust

Python

Collaborative

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

MySQL

AWS Aurora

Kafka

AWS

Job description

Twilio is hiring a Software Engineer (L2) for Twilio SendGrid to design, deploy, and operate highly available, large-scale distributed systems. You will help redesign backend services, strengthen security, and deliver customer insights for email programs.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with engineering and product teams, and shipping reliable features at scale. Remote-friendly with occasional in-person gatherings as needed.