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Senior Software Engineer - Transactions Team

Twilio, Inc. is hiring

Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Employment type: Full Time
Where: San Francisco, California, United States

Description

We're seeking a Senior Engineer to join Twilio's Transaction (Tx) team and help build the best telecommunications API on the planet. This is a senior role focused on transforming large user-driven datasets in our distributed environment into public APIs for developers. Successful candidates will be strong developers with deep experience in micro-transactions, data mining, complex SQL, and a passion for API design & REST. Responsibilities:

Own the micro-transactions platform that executes on Twilio's business model. Our micro-transaction platform supports international pricing, billing, and payment processing, all of it highly available, low latency, and accurate to the PIP.
Work directly with product management to define, architect, and build new internal and external facing APIs.
Tackle some of the most challenging problems in distributed computing, HTTP, data persistence, and more. Write quality, maintainable code in Python with extensive test coverage in a fast-paced professional software engineering environment. ​Responsibilities:

A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience. 4+ years in industry as a developer working with mission critical systems, preferably in Python. Strong background in HTTP, networking, and security. Experience with traditional RDBMS databases, such as MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, etc. Deductive reasoning and problem solving skills. Hands on. Passionate. Persistent. Creative. Bonus Points:

You know what it means to be a defensive programmer. You have opinions about bankers rounding below the penny. You have scaled MySQL for writes. You know when to use EMR. You have used test-and-set in Redis before. Perks Include:

Full benefits, including medical, dental and vision An Amazon Kindle, $30/month to spend on books and a Twilio track jacket after demoing your first Twilio app in front of the company! Pre-tax commuter benefits Catered lunches and a weekly team dinner featuring invited technology and entrepreneurial speakers Excellent gear (“We ❤ Apple computers and big monitors — two if you need ’em”); A strong belief in life/work balance How to apply:

Applications without cover letters will not be considered. Here’s some stuff you can include in your cover letter to move your resume to the top of the pile:

Include a link to an app you built using Twilio. Discuss why you are passionate about building engineering teams and culture.

About the person recruiting

hiring manager recruiter

Rana Alrabi

Public Relations Strategist offering unique perspectives and original approaches to inform and influence

I am a public relations strategist who thrives on engaging all societal actors to promote positive awareness and involvement on local and global issues. I am passionate about applying unique media and public relations to the environmental, humanitarian, community and corporate responsibility spheres. I am fluent in Arabic, English, French and Spanish with superior public speaking and written communication skills. I have 10 years experience in counselling the leadership of organisations in the fields of health care, education and research, community building, and international relations on strengthening their organisational identity, and developing, applying and evaluating communications that highlight their value to respective stakeholders. My graduate degrees in Management of Nonprofit Organizations and in Public Relations equip me with up to date expertise in strategic planning, public relations, and fundraising with a focus on harnessing the power of media. My research papers identify applications of emerging trends for organisations such as evaluating the return on investment of public relations, building productive government relations, and the benefits of project management in international cooperation.

About the company

Company profile

Twilio, Inc.

Twilio is reinventing telecom by merging the worlds of cloud computing, web services and telecommunications. Twilio hosts a telephony infrastructure web service in the cloud, allowing web programmers to integrate phone calls and SMS messages into their applications. Twilio's simple, powerful API minimizes the learning curve required to build advanced, reliable communications applications, and its Pay-As-You-Go pricing model means customers pay for capacity only when they need it, not before.The company is funded by Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, Mitch Kapor and other prominent investors, and has offices in San Francisco, CA.telephony,
REST API,
cloud computing

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