Temporal Technologies

Staff Software Engineer – Infrastructure Foundations

Temporal Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $212,000 - $286,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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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