Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Twilio Inc

CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$141,520–$176,900 Per Year
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Authentication, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Corporate Planning, Cost Control, Customer Relations, Database Replication, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Computing, Docker, Establish Priorities, High Availability, Incident Response, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mentoring, On Call, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Engineering, Production Systems, Programming Languages, Quality Management, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Reliability Engineering, Startup, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, Use Cases, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Twilio

See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio's next Senior Infrastructure Engineer.

About the Job

This position is needed to build and scale Stytch's core product as we bring Stytch capabilities to Twilio's full customer base, delivering secure, developer-first identity experiences.

Join the Stytch team at Twilio to shape the next generation of identity products. You'll design and build infrastructure that power authentication, authorization, and emerging agentic and non-human identity use cases. You'll partner closely with product and engineering leadership to set direction, deliver high-impact features, and evolve our platform for Twilio scale. This is a rare chance to operate like a startup within Twilio: you'll work in a high-ownership environment with startup speed, backed by Twilio's reach and scale.

Responsibilities

Build and own the infrastructure and platform capabilities that power Stytch's identity platform as it scales across Twilio-ensuring security, reliability, and performance for every customer.

Design, implement, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/EKS, ECS, networking, data stores), balancing uptime, cost, and developer velocity.

Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to set infrastructure direction, translate platform needs into technical plans, and deliver high-impact roadmap work.

Collaborate across Twilio and Stytch teams to align on architecture, integrate platform capabilities, and unblock cross-team initiatives.

Operate with deep technical ownership: author design docs, drive key technical decisions, review code, and stay close to the systems you ship.

Build in ambiguity-break down complex problems, make pragmatic tradeoffs, and adopt new technologies or strategies when they improve outcomes.

Improve production quality and resilience through strong observability, incident response, automated remediation, and continuous reliability engineering.

Make developers' lives easier by building self-service tooling, safer deployment patterns, and reliable platform primitives that accelerate product teams.

Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, feedback, and knowledge-sharing, helping raise the team's technical bar and culture.

Qualifications

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 hasnt followed a traditional path, dont let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

Required:

  • 6+ years of experience as an Infrastructure or Platform Engineer building and operating high-scale, mission-critical cloud production systems.
  • Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS, Docker), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, GitOps, or similar) and AWS.
  • Hands-on proficiency in at least one modern programming language used in production.
  • Experience designing and running observability and on-call systems (e.g., Datadog, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana).
  • Experience scaling cloud infrastructure for distributed systems, including relational databases and high-availability service architectures.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable writing design docs and leading technical discussions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Schedule

Ability to work non-standard, on-call rotation weekend and holiday hours.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with multi-region or global infrastructure, including disaster recovery and data replication strategies.
  • Familiarity with enterprise-scale platform challenges: multi-tenant infrastructure, compliance, and cost/performance optimization.
  • Builder at heart. Through a hobby or your profession, you are passionate about being hands on and seeing your work come to life.

Location

This role will be remote, but is not eligible to be hired in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, San Jose, CA, or the surrounding areas.

Travel

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.

What We Offer

Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Compensation

  • Please note the salary range information provided applies only to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington D.C., and Washington State due to local requirements. Compensation for candidates in other locations will be discussed during the hiring process.
  • Estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows:
  • Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C.: $141,520 - 176,900.
  • Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $149,840 - 187,300.
  • Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $166,400 - 208,000.
  • This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio's equity plan and corporate bonus plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave.
  • The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Application Instructions

Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until January 16, 2026, but may change based on business needs.

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