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Staff Software Engineer (L4) Data Platform

AI summary of the role

Staff Software Engineer on the Data Substrate team architecting scalable data systems and lakehouse architectures at Twilio's mega-scale data platform supporting communications and customer data products.

What you’ll do

  • Architect scalable data systems and lakehouse storage using Hudi/Iceberg/Delta
  • Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence
  • Implement distributed processing with Spark/Kafka/AWS
  • Collaborate with teams to translate requirements into solutions

What you’ll bring

  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Expertise in Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, distributed systems
  • AWS large-scale systems design/operation
  • Data Lakehouse experience with Hudi, Iceberg, or Delta

Technologies

Hadoop · Spark · Kafka · AWS · Hudi · Iceberg · Delta Lake · Python · Java · Scala · Data Lakehouse

About Twilio

Programmable communications APIs (SMS, voice, email, WhatsApp) plus a customer data platform, used by developers to build messaging, contact centers, and now AI voice agents.

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person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings. . See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio's next Staff Software Engineer on our Data & Analytics Platform Who we are & why we’re hiring Twilio powers real-time business communications and data solutions that help companies and developers worldwide build better applications and customer experiences. Although we're headquartered in San Francisco, we have presence throughout South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. We're on a journey to becoming a global company that actively opposes racism and all forms of oppression and bias. At Twilio, we support diversity, equity & inclusion wherever we do business. About the job We are seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to join our Data Substrate team. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting scalable and reliable data solutions,
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