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Machine Learning Engineer III

Twilio· Engineering
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Hybrid (India)full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Machine Learning Engineer III at Twilio, focused on building foundational AI/ML capabilities for contextual intelligence and personalized engagement experiences at scale, bridging research and production-grade software.

Responsibilities

  • Build out new functionality within a fast moving product seeing rapid adoption.
  • Take a nebulous idea, design a rigorous experiment, and execute it within weeks.
  • Conduct deep-dive research into state-of-the-art LLM orchestration, retrieval strategies, and data-driven personalization.
  • Build ML systems that hold up at Twilio scale.
  • Rapidly acquire new technical skills and knowledge in a fast-paced, high-delivery environment.
  • Proactively leverage and integrate the latest AI development stacks to bypass boilerplate engineering and focus on core differentiation.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years applied ML/AI experience with a track record of owning technically ambitious systems end to end rather than contributing to someone else's design.
  • Comfort operating in a 0-to-1 setting with ambiguous requirements and a strong bias for action.
  • Proficiency in Python programming language.
  • Experience building cloud-based services on AWS, GCP, or Azure, with high-volume data, streaming or real-time inference paths, and a range of data stores.
  • Deep expertise in the design, architecture, and deployment of production-grade ML/AI systems, including LLM orchestration, embedding models, and vector stores.
  • Strong fundamentals of statistical machine learning algorithms, transformer models, LLMs.
  • Ability to raise the technical bar of a team through mentorship, design review, and standards, without formal management authority.
  • Experience in building cloud-based services using AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Strong communication skills and highly effective collaborator who works well with teammates.

Skills

Required:PythonCloud-based servicesLLM orchestrationEmbedding models & vector storesStatistical ML & transformersMentorship & design reviews

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Generous time off
  • Parental and wellness leave
  • Healthcare
  • Retirement savings program
  • Location-specific offerings
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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