Because you belong at Twilio
The Who, What, Why and Where
At Twilio, our mission is to power the future of communications. Currently, we are looking for several, at all levels of seniority Software Engineers to join our largest R&D business unit called Messaging at Twilio.
Over 12+ open positions, and 8 hiring teams!
If you are passionate about designing, developing, deploying and operating software solutions at scale, and want to help Twilio deliver real-time, low latency capabilities for next-generation communications, please apply now!
Who?
At Messaging, we believe in product thinking, versatility and complementing proficiencies being key to forming a better team. Therefore, we are looking for people with a variety of skills, specializations and levels of seniority:
- Coding. Object-oriented (OO) language is a MUST. Our ecosystem is JVM-based. And our main language is Java.
- Scalability and Resilience. You understand scalability challenges and performance of server-side code. You can design and develop horizontally-scalable, resilient and performing-under-load systems.
- Cloud. You are proficient in cloud technologies and are hands-on in at least one cloud platform: GCP, AWS, or Azure. You are able to both design and develop cloud-based systems and operate them in an automated fashion.
- Databases. You have experience with multiple storage technologies and can reason about how to choose the suitable storage technology for a given purpose. Ideally, You have experience with multiple storage technologies and can reason about how to choose the suitable storage technology for a given purpose. We are especially looking for experience in (not limited to!) ElasticSearch, Cassandra storages, Spark processing, Kafka data pipelining.
- Testing. You are passionate about quality and can engineer it at all stages of software development. You are able to design and develop quality pipelines requiring as little human intervention as possible.
- Very good English communication skills
We welcome and incorporate people with different levels of seniority and experience.
What?
As a Software Engineer at Messaging, you will live the Twilio Magic values:
- DRAW THE OWL: Not every problem has a textbook solution. You will be expected to research the unknowns, implement and iterate. Educate your team as you go.
- BE AN OWNER & BE BOLD: You will own the design, implementation and the operations of Conversations backend services, handling millions of requests daily.
- DON’T SETTLE: Live and champion mature, high-quality engineering through writing tests, valuing code maintainability, documenting your work, etc
- WRITE IT DOWN: Twilio is a global, fast-growing company that builds complex systems. To be successful in joining these globally built complex parts of the system, you are expected to write down the analysis, requirements and designs. Doing so helps distill your approach and explain the rationale in a structured and transparent manner.
- EMPOWER OTHERS: You will primarily collaborate with other Messaging teams based in Tallinn and San Francisco and, of course, rest of the Twilio engineering globally.
Why?
This is a truly unique opportunity for you to get hired by Twilio! We are going to have a virtual hiring event from 1st - 5th March, 2021.
Steps to go through:
- HackerRank test
- Recruiter call
- Hiring Virtual day that consist of 4 interviews: coding, architecture, hiring manager and Twilio Magic/Bar Raiser
- Offer
Where:
This position will be located in our beautiful and well-designed office in Prague, though considering the world’s current circumstances will start as remote from your home in Czechia. If you are not based in Prague, that's ok - you can work from another city as long as it's in Czechia.
Around the world, Twilio offers great benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your loved ones. No matter where you are based, you will experience a company that believes in small teams for maximum impact; seeks well-rounded talent to ensure a full perspective on our customers’ experience, understands that this is a marathon, not a sprint; that continuously and purposefully builds an inclusive culture that empowers everyone to do their best work and be the best version of themselves.
About us:
Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, video and email by virtualizing the world’s communications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developer’s toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.
