Senior Architect - Emerging Tech & AI Innovation (Remote)

Twilio Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 324,000 - 406,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care insurance

401(k) retirement account

Paid sick time

Paid personal time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Twilio is seeking a Senior Architect for the Emerging Technologies Experimentation Team to drive next-gen innovations, designing scalable solutions and guiding engineering across the lifecycle.

In this remote-first role, you will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers in the US and India, and collaborate with leadership to advance AI-first experiments. Strong communication and proactive problem solving are essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in architecture or principal engineering roles within innovative, fast-paced environments.
• Applied fraud detection and governance framework experience.
• Familiarity with AI, machine learning, and LLMs with experience deploying models or AI-driven projects.
• Demonstrated success designing large-scale, high-performance architectures across AWS & Azure
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with proven ability to drive technical direction.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java, Go).
• Experience with both front-end (React, Angular) and back-end (Node.js, Spring, SpringBoot) development.
• Deep understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) and their tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and prototype scalable, high-performance solutions using modern technologies.
• Experiment and iterate on new product ideas, leveraging AI, machine learning, and emerging tech.
• Lead technical direction, guiding and mentoring engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Partner cross-functionally to align prototypes with business opportunities and strategic goals.
• Mentor a group of software development engineers across US and India
• Communicate technical vision and results clearly to stakeholders and executive leadership.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Fraud detection governance

AI/ML/LLMs deployment

AWS & Azure architectures

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Programming languages: JS, Python,Java

Frontend & Backend development

SQL & NoSQL databases

Tools

React

Angular

Node.js

Spring/Spring Boot

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Twilio is seeking a Senior Architect for the Emerging Technologies Experimentation Team to drive next-gen innovations, designing scalable solutions and guiding engineering across the lifecycle.

In this remote-first role, you will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers in the US and India, and collaborate with leadership to advance AI-first experiments. Strong communication and proactive problem solving are essential.