UI Platform Engineering Manager

Profile

See yourself at Twilio

Join the team as our next UI Platform

Engineering Manager.

Who we are & why we’re hiring

Twilio powers real-time business communications and data solutions that help

companies and developers worldwide

build better applications and customer experiences.

Although we're headquartered in San Francisco, we're on a journey to becoming a globally antiracist company that supports

diversity, equity & inclusion

wherever we do business. We employ thousands of Twilions worldwide, and we're looking for more builders, creators, and visionaries to help fuel our growth momentum.

About the job

This position is needed to hire, lead, retain, and grow a developing front-end platform team.

Twilio is building a team to govern and enable front-end software development across the company. This platform team builds software so other teams don't have to. We measure our success in terms of efficiency, consistency, stability, and observability. Our customers are distributed across the entire company, with an eye to open-source by EOY 2022.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

Hire, lead, retain, and grow a team of 4 software engineers with varied experience ranging from front-end to full-stack

Lead a process of iteration and innovation in how we practice agile software development

Collaborate with product and technical leadership within your team to plan, scope, estimate, and commit to initiatives

Communicate with leadership the metrics and KPIs for the team's delivery and performance

Negotiate, formalize, and execute guest engineering agreements, managing engineers embedded on other delivery teams across the organization

Actively collaborate with the Design Systems team

Paste

to align technical roadmaps

Maintain remote team engagement through virtual meetups and activities

Qualifications

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also 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:

1-3 years of experience managing software engineers

6 years of experience in the software industry

Experience on a product-driven software engineering team

Understanding of REST APIs and authorization mechanisms

Participation or leadership in agile-driven software delivery

A healthy appetite for crossing team boundaries to unblock your team

Desired:

We're looking for candidates with experience with:

Jamstack architecture

React

Front-end software build and deployment tools and vendors

CI/CD in cloud or hybrid environments

SRE or DevOps in a distributed cloud environment

Leading or responding to incidents and managing PagerDuty rotations

Location

This role will be

remote.

Approximately

2 weeks of travel for team gatherings per year is anticipated.

What We Offer

There are many benefits to working at Twilio, including, in addition to competitive pay, things like generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Twilio thinks big. Do you?

We like to solve problems, take initiative, pitch in when needed, and are always up for trying new things. 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!

If this role isn't what you're looking for,

please consider other open positions

Colorado applicants:

The estimated pay range for this role, based in Colorado, is

$127,960 - $182,800.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location within the state. This role is also eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave.

Company info

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