Software Engineer, Platform Engineering II

Twilio

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$116,960–$146,200 / yr
Posted
79 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Dec 21, 2026

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $132k
$102k most similar roles pay here $239k

This role pays less than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $132k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

Listed pay typically runs $155,520–$194,400 across 33 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Software Engineer, Platform Engineering II

As a Software Engineer, Platform Engineering (L2), you will join the Twilio Platform Engineering team to build and operate backend services for high-scale distributed systems. You will work alongside senior engineers to manage dual-cloud infrastructure across Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure while maintaining core data pipelines. Your daily responsibilities include developing automations for Kubernetes clusters, performing code reviews, and managing cloud configurations using Terraform. The role requires proficiency in at least one of Shell, Terraform, YAML, or Go, along with experience in GitOps workflows like ArgoCD and CI/CD platforms such as Harness. You will utilize AI-assisted tools to manage production code and ensure system health. This position addresses the technical challenge of maintaining high availability for systems processing billions of messages during peak events while ensuring robust observability through metrics and distributed tracing.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate services and automations to support Kubernetes clusters at scale.
  • Write production code to maintain the health of distributed systems under heavy load.
  • Perform code reviews and ensure high quality through unit and integration testing.
  • Manage cloud configurations across AWS and Azure environments using Terraform infrastructure as code.
  • Maintain observability coverage including metrics, alerts, and basic distributed tracing for data pipelines.
  • Identify and report technical debt, bugs, and system issues to maintain engineering health.
  • Utilize AI-assisted tools to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 1-2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Experience building or operating backend services using Kubernetes is required.
  • Practical experience with or a strong desire to learn AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code.
  • Exposure to GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines is required.
  • Working knowledge of at least one of Shell, Terraform, YAML, or Go (Golang) is required.
  • Experience with cloud environments including AWS core services or Microsoft Azure equivalents.
  • Basic familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform is required.
  • Foundational understanding of distributed datastores, caching layers, or asynchronous event streaming.

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