Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust. Backed by Bessemer, a16z and Founders Fund.
About the role
This position is a critical engineering role within Twilio SendGrid, requiring a hands-on engineer capable of developing, deploying, and managing highly available, massive-scale distributed systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience: 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating resilient backend services at scale
- Modern Development Workflow: Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code) to accelerate code generation, automate testing, and streamline debugging workflows
- Language Proficiency: Strong, hands-on production experience writing clean, idiomatic, and highly concurrent Go (Golang), Java or Python
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform for provision-level automation and maintaining environment parity
- Distributed Systems: Strong theoretical and practical understanding of distributed datastores, caching layers, and asynchronous event streaming (e.g., Kafka or similar queuing ecosystems)
- Systems Mindset: Strong foundational background in computer science fundamentals, data structures, and building self-healing cloud architectures
More about this role
At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences.
Our dedication to remote-first work , and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands.
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We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions!
Also, while we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings.
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Join the team as Twilio’s next Software Engineer, (L3) Email
This position is a critical engineering role within Twilio SendGrid, requiring a hands-on engineer capable of developing, deploying, and managing highly available, massive-scale distributed...
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