Software Engineer L2 - Cloud Infrastructure

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Join the team as Twilio’s next Software Engineer L2 to work in the Cloud Infrastructure.

About the job

This position is needed to evolve  and maintain fundamental Compute infrastructure, collaborating with a passionate team to enhance the system capabilities. Key responsibilities include develop scalable cloud-native environments, VM orchestration, AWS-ASG Auto Scaling group of EC2 instances, hardened base AMIs, and secure container images while maintaining critical OS libraries. You'll implement solutions for providing robust legacy platform support and cutting-edge cloud-native technologies, all driven by automation and best practices. 

Join us in shaping the future of our Compute infrastructure

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

• Collaborate with Tech Leaders, Architects and other Engineers to develop solutions for complex problems in distributed computing and infrastructure management. 
• Automate solutions for operational issues, such as monitoring, performance, planning, and disaster response.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support our business-critical infrastructure.
• Ensure a high quality implementation by applying Infrastructure as Code industry standards.
• Demonstrate effective communication by authoring and reviewing design documents, runbooks, and other service documentation, and keeping a good record of changes in the systems.
• Apply Agile methodologies to continuously deliver value to the customers.
• Act as point of contact for legacy/new Compute system components.

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 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!

Required:

• 2+ years of experience in AWS Cloud infrastructure management. (preferably backend/infrastructure-focused like AMI, EC2, IAM policies/roles, etc.).
• Strong ASG (Auto Scaling Groups) knowledge, to design, implement, and support scalable cloud-native environments.
• Experience with hardened base AMIs and AL23.
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages: like Java or Python (includes SW Arch patterns, clean code, debugging, etc)
• Proficient in shell scripting to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance efficiency in op