Software Engineer L3

See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio’s next Software Engineer, Email Platform (L3) About the job This position is a critical engineering role within Twilio SendGrid, requiring a hands-on engineer capable of developing, deploying, and managing highly available, massive-scale distributed systems. Our systems regularly process more than 12 billion emails during peak events like Black Friday, and our throughput requirements continue to scale rapidly. As an L3 engineer, you will act as a key driver of execution within our core services. You will be heavily involved in modernizing our backend systems, optimizing our extensive Go-based microservices, and contributing to the design and reliability of our dual-cloud infrastructure span across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities In this role, you’ll: * WEAR THE CUSTOMER’S SHOES: Architect and ship reliable, high-velocity features that handle critical traffic with low end-to-end latency. Partner closely with product management and technical leadership to break down complex system requirements into manageable, iterative milestones. * BE AN OWNER (CODE QUALITY): Drive rigorous code reviews and push for maintainable patterns in our Go codebase, ensuring high testing standards (unit, integration, and component testing) are executed across the team. * BE AN OWNER (INFRASTRUCTURE & OBSERVABILITY): Manage and enhance cloud configurations across AWS and Azure environments utilizing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Ensure deep observability coverage by standardizing metrics, alerts, and distributed tracing across core data pipelines. * CHAMPION ENGINEERING HEALTH: Advocate for a clean architectural foundation. Proactively identify technical debt, system bottlenecks, and single points of failure (SPOF), balancing feature delivery with critical platform refactoring. * MENTOR AND LEAD: Foster a collaborative environment by mentoring junior engineers, leading technical sprint planning, and sharing expertise across distributed engineering nodes. Qualifications Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table! #### Required: * Experience: 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating resilient backend services at scale. * Modern Development Workflow: Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code) to accelerate code generation, automate testing, and streamline debugging workflows. * Language Proficiency: Strong, hands-on production experience writing clean, idiomatic, and highly concurrent Go (Golang), Java or Python. * Cloud Infrastructure: Solid experience deploying and managing production workloads in cloud environments—ideally with deep exposure to AWS core services (such as EC2, S3, Aurora, or DynamoDB) AND Microsoft Azure equivalents (such as Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, or Cosmos DB). * Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform for provision-level automation and maintaining environment parity. * Distributed Systems: Strong theoretical and practical understanding of distributed datastores, caching layers, and asynchronous event streaming (e.g., Kafka or similar queuing ecosystems). * Systems Mindset: Strong foundational background in computer science fundamentals, data structures, and building self-healing cloud architectures. #### Desired: * Prior experience managing high-throughput applications running inside containerized infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes). * Familiarity with database migration pathways (e.g., transitioning traditional on-prem/relational datastores to managed instances like AWS Aurora). * Experience implementing OpenTelemetry or distributed tracing systems across decoupled microservice platforms. * Direct experience handling constraints related to network topology, proxy layers, or mail transfer agent (MTA) protocols. Location This role will be remote, but is not eligible to be hired in CA, CT, NJ, NY, PA, WA. Travel We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings. What We Offer Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location. Compensation *Please note the salary range information provided applies only to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington D.C., and Washington State due to local requirements. Compensation for candidates in other locations will be discussed during the hiring process. Please note that hiring for this role is not restricted to the locations listed above. The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows: * Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C. : $138,700 - $173,400 * Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $146,800 - $183,600 * Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $163,100 - $203,900. * This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and corporate bonus plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until 7/28/2026, but may change based on business needs.

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