Director Software Engineering - DevSecOps

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Because you belong at Twilio

The Who, What, Where and Why

Twilio is growing rapidly and seeking a Director of Engineering focused on DevSecOps to be an influencer across all of the engineering teams within the business unit. The person in this role will be responsible for the development of systems, tools and processes that improve the operability and security of our products which reaffirms our customer trust in Twilio each and every day. Reporting to the VP of Engineering in the Marketing & Growth Platform, this position is critical in supporting Twilio’s continued growth as we continue to build new applications and partnerships that expand into adjacent market spaces.

Who?

Twilio is looking for a Director of Engineering who embodies Twilio Magic and has a demonstrated track record of guiding and nurturing distributed, diverse  teams while influencing across the organization. They also are:

You are

participative leader

with developed emotional awareness that you use in service to your people.

You have a passion for developing the next generation of engineering talent within your organization by providing an inclusive environment that fosters learning and growth.

You have

relevant work experience

and a passion for continuously improving areas such as security, operability or quality initiatives and teams.

You have

excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills

with the ability to present and communicate at all levels of an organization.

You are technically savvy and

experience with the cloud, APIs, communications

, enterprise software, devices, and mobility is a plus.

You are an adaptable, quick-learning, team-playing,

creative, problem solver that provides strategic direction

and subject matter expertise for wide adoption of DevSecOps practices.

You

stay up-to-date on new security tools & techniques

, you conduct research to drive innovation and process maturity.

You have experience with software security, secure coding, or software assurance tools and techniques that you utilize to

guide cross BU teams influencing continuous improvement

to DevSecOps practices.

You have a strong understanding and background in engineering with a strong

knowledge of security certifications

like CISSP, CISM, CRSC, GSEC.

You

define the quarterly goals

that balance velocity quality, operability and security while implementing projects and influencing teams to achieve those goals.

Experience with tools and technologies used throughout secure SDLC

with Cloud Security (AWS, GCS, Azure) and SOC, SOX, ISO 27001-2, NIST 800-53, or other controls standards.

What?

BE AN OWNER: Instill our values, behaviors and best practices throughout the organization to grow the capabilities of our engineering teams.

EMPOWER OTHERS: Provide a safe work environment that embraces failure as a way of learning and inspires our engineers to be inventive and motivated.

NO SHENANIGANS: You always act in an honest, direct and transparent way and uphold our values.

WEAR THE CUSTOMER’S SHOES: Every minute of every day understand our customer needs and expectations from Twilio and align those with our strategies and plans.

WRITE IT DOWN: Evaluate opportunities, risk and technical strategies and provide key findings to internal stakeholders.

RUTHLESSLY PRIORITIZE: It is key for you to understand, document and define risks that drive enhance the organization's ability to prioritize while informing the business of these priorities.

BE BOLD: Every big idea starts small, push the envelope and keep raising the bar as  solving small problems can bring big results. Never settle and keep pushing yourself and the teams forward.

BE INCLUSIVE: Coach, mentor and inspire engineering teams by building and ensuring a safe and inclusive environment where all voices can be heard.

DRAW THE OWL: Influence teams to continuously be improving while supporting progressive ways to solve problems; adopt new technologies and strategies where applicable.

DON’T SETTLE: Always look for the next opportunity for Twilio to improve our quality, reliability and security to continuously earn our customers trust.  

Why?

The Marketing & Growth Platform team is critical to Twilio's continued growth. We deliver solutions that allow our customers to engage with their users with critical communications over the right channels, at the right times with the optimal content with automated and intelligent capabilities. It is important that you execute strategically focusing on uplifting our execution with improved quality, operability and security to ensure that every customer interaction meets these high expectations.

Twilio is a company that is empowering the world’s developers with modern communication in order to build better applications. Twilio is truly unique; we are a company committed to your growth, your learning, your development, and your entire employee experience. We only win when our employees succeed and we're dedicated to helping you develop your strengths. We have a cultural foundation built on diversity, inclusion, and innovation and we want you and your ideas to thrive at Twilio.

Where?

This position will be located in our Denver office. Around the world, Twilio oWe are looking for an experienced commercial contracts attorney to join our growing legal team in San Francisco. You will be responsible for managing a large volume of outbound contracts and work closely with Twilio’s Procurement Team as well as other key business units to guide contracts through review, negotiation and signing.

Travel required - up to 25% of the time post-COVID

About Us

Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, video and email by virtualizing the world’s communications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developer’s toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their customers

This role has a massive impact on both the customer experience as well as engineer engagement as there is hyper focus on continuous improvement that drives customer trust and improving work life balance for our teams. The Director of this team brings a passion and love of influencing and teaching across all levels of an organization to continuously improve the security, quality and operability of our products and services. You are a participative leader who puts our customers and employees first. Your have an enthusiasm for security, developer effectiveness, continuous improvement is evident from your background. You have led security or operations teams, implemented compliance, BCR and security audits at different levels of company maturity and have the ability to influence at all levels.

Company info

Twilio Inc
Website : https://www.twilio.com