Staff Software Engineer, Capacity & Chargeback Engineering

  • Full-time

Company Description

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We feel real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.

Job Description

Twitter is serving the public conversation, and conversations are happening on Twitter every day about every subject and any event. Chargeback team’s mission is to craft demand and consumption in Twitter by enabling ROI-aware infrastructure investment decisions!

Services and integrations built by our team create the ability to meter allocation and utilization of resources per service, per project and per engineering team to improve visibility and enable accountability for infrastructure spend.
 

What You’ll Do:

  • Work with multiple teams & functions to design and architect solutions (platforms, features) to address how to configure user experiences and learning data through feature switches.
  • Understand our customer’s problems, and balance their needs against methodology and precision to help move Twitter forward.
  • Drive and contribute to technical vision of the team in conjunction with the Product Learning Platform organization
  • As a staff level engineer, you will multiply the efficiency of your team by mentoring both new and experienced engineers, providing code and design reviews, setting the bar for quality high, and focusing the team’s execution on high-impact projects.
  • Participate in all phases of software development from architecture/design through implementation, testing, code reviews and on-call.
  • Work closely with Product Management and Twitter teams as primary customers, whether they are building or supporting clients, backend services, libraries, data pipelines, machine learning models, etc.

Qualifications

Who You Are:

  • We are seeking 10+ years in a hands-on engineering role, writing and shipping high quality production code, especially highly reliable and scalable distributed systems and shared libraries.
  • You have a track record of multiplying the impact and efficiency of your teammates' beyond your own individual efforts. A proven record of mentoring junior engineers
  • Extensive experience working on backend services in one/any of these languages: Scala, Javascript, Java, C#, Golang, or any functional programming language, or equivalent.
  • Able to optimally communicate technical ideas and collaborate with both technical and non-technical peers.
  • Strong expertise in working with Big Data systems and query languages.
  • Bonus Points: Prior experience in Capacity Planning, Engineering and Chargeback systems.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

San Francisco Applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

A Few Other Things We Value:

Challenge
- We solve some of the industry’s hardest problems. Come to be challenged, learn, and thrive as an engineer.

Diversity - Diversity makes us a better organization and team. We value diverse backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

Work, Life, Balance - We work hard, but we believe with hard work should come balance. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Notice (Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act)
The expected salary range for this role to be performed in Colorado is USD$191,000.00 - USD$267,000.00. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. This range may be modified in the future.


This job is also eligible for participation in Twitter’s Performance Bonus Plan and Equity Incentive Plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.


Twitter offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, sick time, and parental leave. Twitter's benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.

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