# Software Engineer (L3)

**Company:** [Twilio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/twilio)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $139k – $204k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, Scala, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, SQL, Terraform
**Posted:** 2026-02-13

> Build and scale distributed messaging systems on Twilio's platform, focusing on reliability and performance. Requires 5+ years experience with Java/Scala, AWS, Kubernetes, and async messaging patterns like Kafka.

## Job Description

## About the Job

Join Twilio's Messaging team to design, build, and scale large-scale distributed messaging and media systems supporting core functionalities.

## Responsibilities

- Design and build large-scale distributed messaging and media systems with a focus on reliability, availability, scalability and performance.
- Work closely with stakeholders and product teams to gather business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
- Own your code end-to-end from development to deployment and provide operational support through on-call rotations.
- Take ownership of troubleshooting and resolving operational issues, with opportunities to enhance existing troubleshooting processes and tools.
- Participate in the refinement of the team's ticket backlog, estimating work and follow Agile ceremonies.
- Mentor early in career engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

## Qualifications

**Required:**
- Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field or equivalent working experience.
- 5+ years of related software development experience shipping multiple products / services.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages including **Java**, **Scala**, **C**, **C++** and advanced concepts like asynchronous programming, multi-threading etc.
- Experience in **AWS** cloud solutions, **Kubernetes/EKS**, CI/CD pipelines like **Buildkite** & containerization frameworks like **Docker**.
- Experience with asynchronous communication patterns like **Kafka**, **SQS**, **RabbitMQ** etc.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases, SQL queries, query optimizations and ETL tools.
- Experience designing and implementing large scale solutions.
- Experience working in distributed and concurrent systems.
- Experience with Testing & Automation.
- Proficiency in debugging production infrastructure and services.
- Curiosity and interest in learning new programming languages and frameworks.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Working in agile teams or startup environments with strong customer focus. Commitment for engineering practices that ensure safe and fast paced releases of services.
- Demonstrated organizational agility, cross-team collaboration, commitment for results, and excellent written and verbal communications.

**Desired:**
- On-call experience debugging large scale distributed systems.
- Experience with Devops infrastructure, specifically IaC tools like **Terraform** and **ArgoCD**.
- A strong plus if you have prior experience with MMS/SMS/RCS messaging protocols.

## Compensation

Estimated pay ranges (USD):
- Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C.: $138,700 - $173,400
- New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside SF Bay area): $146,800 - $183,600
- San Francisco Bay area, California: $163,100 - $203,900

Eligible for equity plan, corporate bonus, health care insurance, 401(k), paid time off.

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