Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Twilio

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $141,520–$176,900 / yr
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Jan 6, 2027

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This role $159k

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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$198,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $159k versus about $172k for comparable roles.

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About Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communications platform that provides APIs and software, allowing developers to embed voice, messaging, video, and email functionalities directly into their applications.

Twilio currently has 36 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Identity

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As a Senior Software Engineer, Identity, you will join the Stytch team to scale core identity products and deliver secure, developer-first experiences for Twilio's customer base. You will build backend APIs that power authentication, authorization, and emerging agentic and non-human identity use cases while collaborating with leadership to translate customer needs into high-impact roadmap features. Your daily work involves authoring design documents, making technical decisions, reviewing code, and improving production quality through robust observability. The role requires expertise in designing and operating mission-critical cloud systems, RESTful API development, and experience with modern programming languages. Preferred skills include proficiency in Go, TypeScript, and DynamoDB, alongside a background in building developer tools or SDKs. You will solve complex problems regarding identity infrastructure to ensure seamless authentication flows for diverse users.

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Skills

RESTful API Go TypeScript DynamoDB SDKs Observability Authentication Authorization

What you'll do

Build and own backend API surfaces for authentication, authorization, and non-human identity use cases.
Translate customer needs into product capabilities and high-impact roadmap features with leadership.
Author design documents and drive key technical decisions for the Stytch platform.
Resolve complex problems and make pragmatic trade-offs to improve developer experiences.
Improve production quality through robust observability, incident response, and remediation.
Mentor other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
Manage high-scale, mission-critical cloud systems while maintaining high coding standards.

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience designing, building, and operating high-scale, mission-critical cloud-based production systems.
Experience with a production-grade codebase in a modern programming language using best practice coding standards.
Extensive experience with RESTful API design and development.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related industry experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work non-standard, on-call rotation weekend and holiday hours.
Familiarity with Go, TypeScript, and DynamoDB.
Experience building developer tools, SDKs, or products consumed by paying customers.

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