Principal Software Engineer

Description:

This position is needed to enable scalable and efficient usage of operational databases (SQL, NoSQL, NewSQL) across all Twilio Engineering teams. Twilio operates at a massive scale (many billions of transactions per day) and operational databases are a critical part of our infrastructure. In this role you will define and execute on innovative approaches to enable best-in-class design, development and operations of operational databases, unlocking performance, efficiency and reliability benefits across the organization.

In This Role, You’ll

Responsibilities

• Build software and design processes to help teams use databases in a way that reflects architectural best practices in order to improve database performance, efficiency and reliability as well as overall developer productivity.
• Evaluate/develop and evangelize new database technologies and approaches that will unlock benefits across Twilio. (e.g. client libraries/sidecars, utilities, ORMs, backup-restore tools, migration utilities, etc.)
• Participate in design reviews, office hours and educational sessions to help other engineers develop and improve their database expertise.
• Serve in an on-call rotation for escalation of emergency production database issues that cannot be solved by the respective product engineering teams.

Qualifications

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also 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!