Because you belong at Twilio
The Who, What, Why and Where
Twilio is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer who wants to design, build, and deploy machine learning systems into the real world and help Twilio power the next-generation communications platform. You are eager to learn and inspire, and you like to think at scale and work in real world products and problems. You bring a focus on efficient experimentation, team collaboration, large-scale systems design, and good first-principles engineering. You want to develop skills and industry experience while working on machine learning-based products that have an impact on real customers.
Who?
Ideal candidates would have the following:
- A Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline
- Strong background in the foundations of machine learning - familiarity or exposure to NLP, conversational systems, knowledge bases and/or search
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with one of Python, C/C++ or Java/Scala
- Strong fundamentals in systems design and engineering
- Exposure to containerization and microservice architectures
- Interest in the latest NLP-related algorithms and methods such as sequence-to-sequence models, contextual word and sentence embeddings, attention, etc.
What?
As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will live the Twilio Magic values:
- RUTHLESSLY PRIORITIZE: Work with other engineering teams and with members of the product organisation to distill internal and customer needs into requirements and tech specs.
- DRAW THE OWL: Build new features without having all of the answers.
- BE AN OWNER: Architect new systems with a focus on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
- WEAR THE CUSTOMER’S SHOES: Help resolve technical issues and blockers for internal and external customers.
- DON’T SETTLE: Drive high engineering standards on the team through code review, automated testing, and mentoring. We care what our code looks like, and you should too.
- EMPOWER OTHERS: Collaborate with colleagues on a small, energetic team.
Why?
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 invest in weeks dedicated to tackling hard problems and creating your own ideas. We have a cultural foundation built on diversity, inclusion and innovation and we want you and your ideas to thrive at Twilio. Come join us.
Where:
This position will be located in our beautiful office at Paseo de la Castellana, 77 in Madrid. You will also get to experience is a company that believes in small teams for maximum impact; that strives to balance work and home life, that understands that this is a marathon, not a sprint; that continuously and purposefully builds an inclusive culture where everyone is able to do and be the best version of themselves. We seek people who naturally demonstrate our values, who are challenged by problems, empower others to thrive, people who can draw the owl and not be beholden to one playbook.
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.