Twilio
Software Engineer, Platform Engineering (L2)
$117K–$146K
Remote - US · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 1–2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and operate backend services, Kubernetes support systems, and cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, helping maintain reliable distributed systems at scale.
What you'll do
- Help design, build, and operate services and automations supporting Kubernetes clusters; turn well-scoped tasks into working code.
- Support AWS and Azure configurations with Terraform, and maintain observability including metrics, alerts, and basic distributed tracing.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, sprint planning, and identifying technical debt and system issues.
What they ask for
- 1–2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including exposure to building or operating backend services using Kubernetes.
- Practical experience with, or strong desire to learn, AI-assisted development tools; exposure to GitOps and CI/CD workflows, or willingness to learn.
- Working knowledge of at least one of Shell, Terraform, YAML, or Go (Golang).
- Some cloud-environment experience, basic familiarity with Terraform or similar IaC tools, and foundational understanding of distributed datastores, caching, or event streaming.
Nice to have
- Exposure to Docker or Kubernetes; curiosity about canary or blue/green deployment strategies.
- Interest in OPA/Gatekeeper, OpenTelemetry, networking or MTA protocols, Kafka, and multi-cloud environments.
Pay
$116,960.00 to $146,200.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Shell, YAML, Go (Golang), ArgoCD
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools to help write code, automate testing, and support debugging workflows.
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