Senior Software Engineer (L3)

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TwilioCloud Communications
This role will be remote, but is not eligible to be hired in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, San Jose, CA, or the surrounding areas.Full-TimeSenior
SalaryBased in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C. : $141,520.00 - $176,900.00. Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $149,840.00 - $187,300.00. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $166,400.00 - $208,000.00.
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Job Details

Experience
5+ years
Required Skills
AWSJavaKafkaKubernetesGoCI/CDTerraformMicroservices

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience designing and developing highly available, high-scale, secure, mission-critical cloud-native enterprise distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Java or Go.
  • Solid knowledge of AWS ecosystems including Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, and Kafka.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure and microservices patterns.
  • Practical experience using AI tools such as Copilot, Claude, or Cursor to accelerate software delivery.
  • Experience building and maintaining high-volume public-facing APIs.
  • Experience with high-throughput data processing and storage solutions like SQL/NoSQL, Redis, or Spark.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD paradigms.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions through strong communication.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute significantly to the technical design and roadmap for core platform components.
  • Author technical specifications and drive execution to transition legacy systems into modern, scalable cloud-native microservices.
  • Leverage AI coding assistants to automate boilerplate, generate test suites, and prototype solutions.
  • Drive end-to-end component ownership, balancing rapid feature delivery with system reliability and security.
  • Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specs and developer-first APIs.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative environment through code reviews and technical guidance.
  • Identify and resolve technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities.
  • Own on-call responsibilities, including incident resolution and root-cause remediation.
  • Articulate technical designs and system trade-offs through RFCs and high-quality documentation.
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Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C. : $141,520.00 - $176,900.00. Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $149,840.00 - $187,300.00. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $166,400.00 - $208,000.00.
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