Staff Software Engineer

Twilio

Dublin, Ireland
Not specified; not specified; competitive pyy, gen...
Remote
8+ years professional java development experience
Production experience with kafka streams or apache flink
Clickhouse performance tuning and sql optimization expertise
Twilio is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with extensive Java experience to enhance and scale its real-time event-aggregation services for the Observability Insights/Analytics platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in microservices, stream processing, and observability practices, while embodying Twilio's remote-first culture

Job Summary

  • This position is needed to harden, optimize, and scale the real-time event-aggregation services that power Twilio's Observability Insights/Analytics platform.
  • You will design resilient, high-performance systems capable of processing over 250K events per second with p99 latencies under 200ms.
  • Working at Twilio offers competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, and a retirement savings program.

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Twilio is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with extensive Java experience to enhance and scale its real-time event-aggregation services for the Observability Insights/Analytics platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in microservices, stream processing, and observability practices, while embodying Twilio's remote-first culture.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Competitive pay, generous time off, healthcare, retirement savings

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years professional Java development experience
  • Production experience with Kafka Streams or Apache Flink
  • ClickHouse performance tuning and SQL optimization expertise
  • AWS-hosted microservices operation at scale
  • Strong observability mindset including metrics and tracing

Nice-to-have

  • Experience migrating to multi-region active-active topologies
  • Familiarity with data-privacy controls and PII tokenization
  • Previous work in telecom or compliance-sensitive domains
  • Contributions to open-source Java or streaming projects

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional Java development experience
  • Hands-on ClickHouse performance tuning expertise
  • Solid Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes knowledge
  • Excellent communication skills in cross-functional environments

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