# Software Engineer

**Company:** [Twilio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/twilio)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $117k – $146k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, microsoft azure, Terraform, Go, shell, yaml, Docker, Argo CD, CI/CD, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, opa/gatekeeper, Distributed Systems, Data Structures
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Build and operate scalable backend services and Kubernetes infrastructure across AWS and Azure. The role suits an early-career software engineer with 1–2+ years of experience, foundational distributed-systems knowledge, and familiarity with Terraform, cloud platforms, and deployment workflows.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate services and automations that support Kubernetes clusters at scale under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Work with product management and technical leadership to turn well-scoped tasks into working code.
- Participate in code reviews and follow established patterns and testing standards, including unit and integration testing.
- Support cloud configurations across AWS and Azure using Terraform.
- Maintain observability coverage, including metrics, alerts, and basic distributed tracing, across core data pipelines.
- Identify technical debt, bugs, and small-scale system issues.
- Participate in sprint planning, seek feedback and mentorship, and share knowledge with peers.

## Requirements
- 1–2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including exposure to building or operating backend services using Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes operations, including deployments, pods, and services.
- Experience with or willingness to learn AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code.
- Exposure to GitOps workflows such as ArgoCD and CI/CD pipelines such as Harness or equivalent platforms.
- Working knowledge of at least one of Shell, Terraform, YAML, or Go, with willingness to build proficiency across the others.
- Experience with cloud environments, ideally AWS services such as EC2, S3, and EKS, or Azure equivalents such as Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, and AKS.
- Familiarity with networking concepts such as VPC/VNet basics.
- Basic familiarity with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Foundational understanding of distributed datastores, caching layers, or asynchronous event streaming such as Kafka.
- Solid computer science fundamentals and data structures knowledge.

## Nice-to-haves
- Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes through coursework, internships, or professional projects.
- Interest in canary and blue/green deployment strategies.
- Interest in policy-as-code tools such as OPA/Gatekeeper.
- Interest in OpenTelemetry or distributed tracing.
- Exposure to network topology, proxy layers, or mail transfer agent protocols.
- Coursework or personal projects involving distributed datastores, caching, or event streaming.
- Interest in multi-cloud environments.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Estimated salary range of **$116,960.00 to $146,200.00** for candidates based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont, or Washington, D.C.
- May be eligible for equity and corporate bonus plans.
- Benefits include health care insurance, a 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, and paid parental leave.
- Benefits and compensation vary by location.

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