Software Development Engineer II - Fullstack

Plivo is a cloud communications platform that empowers businesses to connect, engage and interact with their customers with confidence. 

Plivo’s mission is to simplify business communications. Thousands of businesses around the globe, including IBM, Workday, Wolters Kluver, Zomato, Yahoo, and Splunk, rely on Plivo to power their voice and SMS communications on a global scale. Plivo becomes a reliable communications platform with its Premium Communications Network that spans 190+ countries.

Founded in 2011, Plivo has over 300 employees remotely across the US, India, and Europe. Plivo was a part of YCombinator and is backed by prominent investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Battery Ventures. 

Plivo has been profitable for the past 7+ years, an unusual milestone for companies of this scale.  Plivo’s success has landed it among the leading global CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) companies and at the cutting edge of the CPaaS sector, which has a market size of USD 12.5 billion in 2022. It is projected to reach USD 45.3 billion over the next five years.

Plivo is a people-centric organization with a culture of ownership. We offer industry-leading compensation and benefits, including excellent healthcare coverage, to our employees.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Plivo, you'll be a key player on our dynamic, collaborative team. More than just coding, you'll tackle diverse programming challenges and contribute to all stages of the development process with your hands-on experience.

• Exhibit adaptability by working fluidly with various programming languages, tools, and libraries and shifting effortlessly between frontend, backend, and infrastructure roles.
• Provide technical leadership and make architectural decisions, guiding the team during challenges and leading problem resolution efforts.
• Use your critical eye to prevent premature over-engineering and drive projects forward efficiently, while understanding the long-term impact of coding decisions.
• Deliver code that is of high quality, performant, readable, and well-tested.
• Focus on coding solutions that effectively address business and customer needs, making strategic trade-offs to optimize outcomes.
• Work as a part of a cross-functional team to define, design, and implement new features and improvements for Plivo's communication platform.
• Clearly articulate complex problems and communicate viable architecture and design approaches concisely.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end product development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, design, development, testing, release, and maintenance.
• Ensure the applications exhibit high performance, responsiveness, and scalability.

• At least five years of professional programming experience, ideally in a small team setting.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Python, Golang, Java, and Javascript.
• Understanding of CSS, advanced JavaScript, Vue.js, React.js, and other web technologies.
• Versatility in handling various software engineering roles, including frontend, backend, and infrastructure, and an openness to holistic approaches.
• Recognized by peers for technical expertise and leadership, particularly in architectural decisions, and as a dependable resource during team challenges.
• Skilled in identifying premature over-engineering and understanding the long-term impacts of programming choices to optimize projects.
• Recognizes that code serves business and customer needs, with a readiness to make efficient trade-offs to address these challenges effectively.

• Ownership-driven culture.
• Company-paid medical insurance.
• Health, vision, and 401K benefits.
• Generous vacation policy.
• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Plivo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.