Remote Principal Software Engineer (Remote - US)

Description:

• The position is for a Principal Software Engineer at Twilio, located in the United States, and is remote.
• The role involves driving the technical vision behind scalable, secure identity and authentication solutions used by millions globally.
• Responsibilities include architecting, designing, and implementing distributed, scalable systems for identity, verification, and authentication solutions.
• The engineer will build resilient, secure solutions that protect users while delivering minimal friction.
• The role requires driving technical strategy and roadmap planning alongside engineering leadership.
• Leading incident response and root cause analysis efforts to ensure system reliability is a key accountability.
• The engineer will identify and execute improvements in system performance, scalability, and security.
• Balancing the delivery of new features with the reduction of technical debt is essential for long-term maintainability.
• Mentoring and guiding engineering teams to foster a high-performance technical culture is expected.
• Clear communication of technical concepts to both technical teams and non-engineering stakeholders is necessary.
• Staying current on industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices in identity and authentication is important.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 10+ years of hands-on experience building secure, scalable, and distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in designing resilient architectures and solving production-level issues is required.
• Experience influencing high-level technical decisions and driving system-wide initiatives is necessary.
• Expertise in modern software engineering best practices, observability, and maintainable codebases is essential.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities with a collaborative mindset are required.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences are necessary.
• A proven customer-first approach when balancing innovation, usability, and security is required.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience is necessary.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary and equity compensation.
• Comprehensive health care coverage is provided.
• Generous PTO and wellness leave policies are included.
• A retirement savings program (401k) is available.
• The company promotes a flexible remote-first work culture, with exceptions for certain states.
• Parental leave and family-friendly policies are offered.
• There are occasional travel opportunities for in-person team collaboration.