Staff Software Engineer

Company: Twilio
Industry: Software Engineering
Location: Ireland

<p><strong>Who we are </strong></p>
<p>At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences.</p>
<p>Our dedication to remote-first work, and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands.<br />We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions!</p>
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<p><strong>See yourself at Twilio</strong></p>
<p>Join the team as Twilio’s next Staff Software Engineer</p>
<p><strong>About the job</strong></p>
<p>This position is needed to harden, optimize, and scale the real-time event-aggregation services that power our Observability Insights/Analytics platform.</p>
<p>We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with deep Java expertise to own high-throughput stream-processing microservices (Kafka Streams / Flink) deployed on AWS EKS, tune ClickHouse for millisecond-latency writes, and embed observability that keeps incident minutes near zero. You will design resilient, high-performance systems capable of processing >250K events/sec with p99 latencies under 200ms, while championing DevSecOps practices and mentoring junior engineers.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p>In this role, you’ll:</p>
<ul>
<li>Design, build, and maintain high-performance Java microservices using Spring Boot, capable of ingesting >250K events/sec with p99 < 200 ms</li>
<li>Implement stateful stream-processing pipelines (Kafka Streams / Apache Flink) with idempotent replays, exactly-once semantics, and schema-evolution tooling</li>
<li>Optimize ClickHouse schemas, partitioning, and materialized views to support multi-region, sub-second queries for Early Warning System (EWS) detectors</li>
<li>Embed OpenTelemetry instrumentation and ship comprehensive metrics/traces/logs to Datadog and Grafana with SLI/SLO dashboards</li>
<li>Champion DevSecOps best practices including Terraform automation, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes orchestration, AWS infrastructure (EKS, MSK, S3), and compliance guardrails (HIPAA, SOX, GDPR)</li>
<li>Leverage best-in-class development productivity practices including AI-powered tooling to accelerate delivery and code quality</li>
<li>Mentor junior engineers and participate in rigorous code/design reviews to elevate team standards and foster knowledge sharing</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Qualifications </strong></p>
<p>Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to 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!</p>
<p><strong>*Required:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>8+ years of professional Java development experience with mastery of high-performance and low-latency design patterns</li>
<li>Production experience with Kafka Streams, Flink, or comparable stream-processing frameworks for building real-time data pipelines</li>
<li>Hands-on ClickHouse (or columnar database) performance tuning and SQL optimization expertise</li>
<li>Proven success operating AWS-hosted microservices at scale with solid Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes knowledge</li>
<li>Strong observability mindset including metrics, tracing, alerting, and post-incident analysis capabilities</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills and a bias toward collaborative problem-solving in cross-functional team environments</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Desired:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience migrating single-region services to multi-region active-active topologies for high availability</li>
<li>Familiarity with data-privacy controls including PII tokenization and field-level encryption</li>
<li>Previous work in telecom, real-time analytics, or compliance-sensitive domains</li>
<li>Contributions to open-source Java or streaming projects demonstrating community engagement</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Location</strong></p>
<p>This role will be based in our Dublin, Ireland office. </p>
<p><strong>Travel </strong></p>
<p>We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.</p>
<p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p>
<p>Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savin…