Remote Software Engineer — Scale & Backend Systems

Sway; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Twilio is hiring a Software Engineer (L2) for Twilio Sendgrid to design, deploy and operate large-scale distributed systems. You will contribute to backend redesigns for scalability, security, and customer insights, helping power trillions of emails globally.

The role emphasizes ownership, hands-on development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment. Experience with cloud, containers, and data services is valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with Go or similar typed programming languages (Java, C++, Rust).
• 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.
• Degree in Computer Science or similar experience/work experience.

Responsibilities

• Ship reliable features, at scale, that deliver the most value to customers, partnering with engineering and product to understand needs.
• Perform thorough code reviews to maintain high code quality.
• Identify key system metrics and ensure adequate monitoring for storage and analytical services.
• Be creative, take initiative, and solve challenging problems.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

MySQL / AWS Aurora

Kafka

AWS / GCP / Azure

Job description

Twilio is hiring a Software Engineer (L2) for Twilio Sendgrid to design, deploy and operate large-scale distributed systems. You will contribute to backend redesigns for scalability, security, and customer insights, helping power trillions of emails globally.

The role emphasizes ownership, hands-on development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment. Experience with cloud, containers, and data services is valued.