See yourself at Twilio
Join the team as Twilio's next Senior Architect for Emerging Technologies.
Who we are
At Twilio, we're shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences.
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. Your career at Twilio is in your hands.
About the job
This position is needed to drive next-generation innovation by designing, prototyping, and implementing forward-looking technical solutions for Twilio’s innovation team.
As an Sr Architect, you’ll leverage your depth of technical knowledge, architectural vision, and leadership to pioneer transformative ideas. This high-impact, entrepreneurial role empowers you to shape the future of Twilio, experiment with emerging technologies, and directly influence our trajectory in a competitive tech landscape. You will be the bridge to guide technical decisions that ensure our experiments can be quickly moved to production, if successful. This role is accountable for ensuring they understand Twilio’s enterprise architecture and can help ensure scalability, extensibility in our technical design as well as call out one way door decisions when defining architectures.
Welcome to Twilio Forward, the incubation lab where we push boundaries, unlock next-era growth, and turn the once-unimagined into reality.
As part of our Emerging Tech team, you will pioneer Horizon-3 initiatives that fundamentally redefine how humanity interacts with artificial intelligence.
From launching Ola, the world’s first agent-native communication channel, to engineering the ground-breaking Agent-to-Human (A2H) protocol, we are actively building the control room for the autonomous future. If you are a builder driven to disrupt the status quo, reimagine what’s possible, and engineer what comes next, your journey starts here.
Responsibilities
In this role, you'll:
- Architect and prototype scalable, high-performance solutions using modern technologies.
- Experiment and iterate on new product ideas, leveraging AI, machine learning, and emerging tech.
- Lead technical direction, guiding and mentoring engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
- Partner cross-functionally to align prototypes with business opportunities and strategic goals.
- Mentor a group of software development engineers across US and India
- Communicate technical vision and results clearly to stakeholders and executive leadership.
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:
- 15+ years in architecture or principal engineering roles within innovative, fast-paced environments.
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, and LLMs with experience deploying models or AI-driven projects.
- Demonstrated success designing large-scale, high-performance architectures across AWS & Azure
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with proven ability to drive technical direction.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java, Go).
- Experience with both front-end (React, Angular) and back-end (Node.js, Spring, SpringBoot) development.
- Deep understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) and their tradeoffs.
Desired:
- Experience contributing to open source or tech innovation communities.
- Track record of rapid prototyping and iterative product development.
- Exposure to distributed systems and high-reliability platforms.
- Knowledge of risk management best practices in experimental projects.
- Experience working with global teams and remote-first environments.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for emerging technologies.
- Advanced problem-solving skills with ability to anticipate technology trends.
- Background in engineering and technical architecture roles.
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.
The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.
Selling points (the pitch)
Why should someone join this team? What impact will they have? What does success look like?
This role offers a unique opportunity to build solutions that will shape the future direction of Twilio. You will experience high autonomy and an entrepreneurial environment, enabling you to drive innovative projects from concept to prototype. The position provides high visibility, including regular interaction with executive leadership. You will have the chance to work with the latest and most relevant technologies in the market, expanding your skills as you explore new developments. This is a true builder role—your contributions will have a global impact and you will benefit from both visibility and flexibility, including the option to work remotely.
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