Staff Software Engineer – Infrastructure Foundations

Temporal Technologies

Staff Software Engineer focusing on technical strategy and execution for cloud infrastructure at Temporal Technologies. Driving scalability, reliability, and operational excellence while collaborating across teams.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $212,000 - $286,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJava

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build systems that optimize cloud usage and scale for global expansion.
Contribute to system architecture and execution with a focus on distributed systems.
Co-author roadmaps, setting the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
Build reliable and scalable network, storage, and compute systems.
Foster and maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence.
Develop effective partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams to ensure alignment of infrastructure goals.
Lead design reviews for projects, with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Partner with Security to ensure infrastructure is secure by default.
Engage directly with stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements and enable their success.
Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal’s platform to power infrastructure at scale.
Gain insights into customer needs and translate them into infrastructure design decisions.
Explore new technologies and approaches to enhance infrastructure reliability and scalability.
Share and advocate for design principles to build reliable systems at scale.
Mentor and grow other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps and priorities remain connected to organizational goals.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering efforts focused on cloud, compute, networking, and storage infrastructure.
Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders.
A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.
At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages such as Go, Java, or similar, with expertise in writing concurrent code.
Strong experience designing distributed systems and utilizing concurrency primitives.
Deep expertise in at least one infrastructure domain (e.g., compute, networking, storage) and familiarity with related domains.
Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), with an understanding of how to optimize for cost, performance, and reliability.
A passion for driving technical excellence, scalability, and operational reliability in cloud-based infrastructure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructuredistributed systemsconcurrent programmingsystem architecturenetwork systemsstorage systemscompute systemstechnical roadmapsinfrastructure designscalability

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershipmentoringalignmentpartnershipoperational excellencecustomer engagementculture of learningengineering excellence