Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Twilio
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role focused on building a new Identity Graph platform from the ground up within a Fraud & Risk team. The work centers on architecting and implementing distributed graph infrastructure, high-performance real-time read models, and multi-cadence data pipelines for identity resolution, with privacy and PII handling built in from the start. The role also involves significant cross-functional leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring engineers through early-stage, ambiguous product development.
Principal level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,900–14,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
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The JD's Required section names no specific programming language — it asks for 'deep hands-on expertise in a modern programming language' generically. Go is listed only under Desired, so it is marked preferred.
Kubernetes and DynamoDB appear only under the Desired section alongside Go, so all three are marked preferred.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related industry experience', which explicitly accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
The role involves on-call rotation including weekends and holidays, which is explicitly called out as a schedule requirement.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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