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Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!\n\nSenior/Staff Network Development Engineer - Backbone Team\nLocation: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles or Austin\nSalary Range: $154,000 to $259,000\nWho We Are:\nX serves our community of users and customers by working tirelessly to preserve free expression and choice, create limitless interactivity, and create a marketplace that enables the economic success of all its participants.\nTwitter is looking for a skilled and experienced Sr./Staff Network Development Engineer to join its Backbone Networking team, bringing unique expertise in building and maintaining global networks and a highly connected Edge to develop network products that enable Twitter's world wide reach.\nWho You Are:\nYou will take pleasure building highly scalable, resilient, performant, and thoroughly tested products for Twitter’s global edge and backbone network. 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