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.
