Principal Engineer (L5)
Core
Design anchor for data platforms processing hundreds of thousands of data points per second, guiding distributed system architecture and integrating AI/LLMs into data processing.
Role type
Principal Engineer (L5), hands-on IC
Builds
Twilio Segment Data platform and pipelines (Customer Data Platform)
Domain
Cloud-native distributed systems, high-scale data ingestion, AI/LLM integration
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, distributed systems, high-scale messaging/streaming, GenAI/LLM prototyping, cloud-native architecture, system design, performance optimization
Preferred skills
Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability (Datadog/Grafana/Prometheus), AWS infrastructure, mentoring
Technologies
Go, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus
Responsibilities
Own technical strategy for core data platform; design fault-tolerant distributed systems; guide high-stakes design decisions; prototype AI/LLM solutions for data challenges
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship