Software Engineer Internship, Twilio
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Cloud communications software
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Cloud communications software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable innovators across every industry - from emerging leaders to the world’s largest organisations - to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.
Role
Who you are
- To be working towards a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, data analytics/Machine Learning or a related field
- To have a keen interest in software development with several side projects and perhaps are a part of the open source community
- To have a hungry entrepreneurial and "can do" spirit, as evidenced by successful interest in learning new technologies
- To have some experience of Linux scripting and have explored writing code in any of the following languages: Python/Java/Javascript/PHP/C or C++
- To have an interest in reliability and scalability of cloud-based, distributed systems and associated processes and solutions covering service monitoring, fault detection, data back-up and disaster recovery, fault analysis and/or troubleshooting
Desirable
- Having knowledge of unit and integration testing methodologies, and the ability to write, debug and deploy testing frameworks
- High level knowledge of a range of AWS cloud services and solutions
- Experience in data processing, analytics, business intelligence and reporting
- Experience with technologies such as Kafka, spark, python, Kubernetes, etc
What the job involves
- This position is needed to design and develop software or automation solutions that help Twilio deliver real-time, low latency capabilities for next-generation communications
- Twilio Interns in Software Reliability Engineering are eager to learn and inspire and like to bring a focus to solving resiliency, latency and quality challenges in our virtualized cloud environment
- These Engineers want to develop technical skills and industry experience while working within teams that support complex distributed systems
- Be a Software Engineer, not just an "intern"
- Ship one or more meaningful projects during your summer
- Learn from passionate engineers at Twilio who solve problems in distributed computing, virtualization performance, distributed messaging, Kubernetes orchestration and more
- Develop solutions that support the reliability of the services we ship for our customers
- Embrace challenges, learn fast and deliver great results
- Bring a willingness to learn and grow and we will reciprocate with ample opportunity to do just that, in a friendly, fun and flexible, ‘Remote First’, environment
- Demonstrate consistent improvement in your coding skills, issue-tracking and source control system and agile development mentality
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Traditionally, it has been difficult for businesses to establish communications systems in-house. Twilio was founded from frustration with this expensive and cumbersome process, providing easy-to-use APIs to let businesses send and receive telephone and text communications.
From these beginnings, the company has expanded through acquisitions and product development to provide a suite of services around market data and customer engagement. It is now a market leader in this space, and has developed a customer base of more than 150,000 businesses including enterprise brands such as Deliveroo, Duolingo and Toyota.
With that said, aggressive expansion and lack of maturity in some of its products has impacted the company's efficiency, and like many of its peers it has been forced to restructure heavily to remain competitive. Coming out of this restructuring, the company will focus on profitability, streamlining decision making and R&D to put itself in good stead for future success.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2015
$130m
SERIES E
Jun 2013
$70m
SERIES D
Total funding: $250.7m
Company benefits
- Generous annual time off in all countries
- Comprehensive health programs
- Programs to help our employees plan for their retirement needs
- Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves, as well as family medical care leave
- Build and present a Twilio app to earn your Twilio track jacket and receive $30 per month for e-books for continued learning and education
- Variety of snacks, drinks, and catered meals in each of our locations
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- We are Builders: We love hard problems and believe in the indomitable power of people's ability to create a better world through ingenuity and resourcefulness. We reject the “can’t be done” and believe bold ideas and fearless iteration can resolve the most challenging problems for our customers and the world they operate in
- We are Owners: We take accountability and see things through. We take the long view, sweat the details, and think about how our work makes Twilio better every day. We recognize that we and others do our best work when we feel both empowered and accountable for outcomes
- We are Curious: We see ourselves as works in progress. We know that we don’t have all the answers, humbly seek the truth, and strive to get better every day. As individuals, as a company, and in our products, we seek continual progress over perfection and acknowledge shortcomings as a matter of fact. Progress comes not from avoiding mistakes or hard truths, but in learning from them
- We are Positrons: A positron is a positively charged electron. We are genuinely excited to serve and help others. We believe that positive energy is contagious and caring is critical. We seek to be bright spots for the people around us in every interaction, and we stand up and work for what we believe is good and right for our customers, our company, our communities, and the world at large
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Khozema Shipchandler
(CEO, not founder)Has been at the company since 2018, beginning as CFO then working as COO, President of Communications then CEO. Prior to this, spent 20 years at GE, ultimately as CCO of GE Digital.
People progressing
Joined as a Business Development Representative and promoted to Team Lead Account Representative after 2 years. After four more promotions, Gilmore now works as Senior Manager of Strategic Accounts.
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Diversity & Inclusion at Twilio
- Building diverse teams: We thrive when we welcome a diversity of identities, experiences, and perspectives to the team. We know that building diverse teams requires us to dismantle barriers and address the opportunity gap, and we are driving programs to do just that.
- Creating equitable experiences: Building more diverse teams is only part of the equation. It is equally important that we promote equity within our workplace as well
- Cultivating inclusive environments: Every team member plays a role in fostering an environment that is psychologically safe and inclusive. This is a significant responsibility for our managers and leaders, who hold influence and power. Therefore, we are driving educational and engagement opportunities to activate inclusive leadership behaviors throughout the organization
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