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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. We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process effective. Also, while we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings.

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As a Principal Engineer on the Twilio Segment Data platform/ pipelines team, you’ll build and scale systems that process several hundred thousands of data points per second. You will lead the development of high-scale ingestion and data processing systems You'll guide the team in designing, operating and maintaining complex distributed systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency while querying petabytes of data for our customer data platform (CDP).

Own and deliver robust, high-scale routing experiences for the Data platform/ pipelines team for Twilio Segment.

Architect and operate always-available, complex distributed systems in cloud environments.

Guide technical decisions, articulating trade-offs between cost, performance, and reliability.

Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Hands-on experience with high-scale messaging/streaming systems and processing engines (several thousand events/sec).

Expert programming experience in Go or similar object-oriented languages.





Demonstrated experience identifying, prototyping, and deploying GenAI/LLM solutions to solve real-world engineering or data processing challenges.

Technical depth in distributed systems, high-scale ingestion, and cloud-native architecture.

Proficiency with datastores, distributed caching, and container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes).

Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines and observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus).

Experience managing and operating AWS infrastructure

Experience working in a geographically distributed team.

This role will be remote, and based in India (only in Kanataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Delhi).

Travel

For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.

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. That's why we seek out colleagues who embody our values — something we call Twilio Magic . Additionally, we empower employees to build positive change in their communities by supporting their volunteering and donation efforts.

So, if you're ready to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and be the best version of yourself, apply now! Stay alert to recruitment fraud

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📌 Principal Engineer (Full Time Remote) (India)
🏢 Twilio
📍 India