Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture – Growth

Temporal Technologies

Senior Manager responsible for Solutions Architecture team at Temporal Technologies, improving developer experience and expanding adoption of their cloud service.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $280,000 - $340,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaMicroservicesPHPPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recruit, hire, onboard, and develop a team of Solutions Architects supporting Scale and Enterprise accounts.
Establish clear performance expectations, coaching rhythms, and career development paths for direct reports.
Foster a culture of curiosity, technical excellence, and customer obsession across the team.
Drive consistent execution through defined processes for technical discovery, proof-of-value engagements, and deal support.
Partner closely with Sales leadership and Account Executives to build and execute comprehensive account strategies.
Ensure the team conducts thorough, high-quality technical discovery to identify the right use cases and champion the right solutions.
Prioritize team resources against the highest-impact opportunities, balancing pipeline coverage with deal quality.
Bring rigor and repeatability to the pre-sales process—from qualification through technical win—while adapting to each customer’s unique context.
Serve as an escalation point and strategic advisor on complex, high-value engagements.
Guide the team in positioning Temporal against competing technologies and architectural patterns with clarity and credibility.
Ensure Solutions Architects can educate customers on both the technical benefits and the limitations of Temporal’s platform and cloud service.
Maintain a hands-on understanding of Temporal’s product, staying close to product roadmap and engineering developments.
Act as a voice of the customer back into Product, Engineering, and Marketing organizations.
Work closely with Customer Success, Professional Services, and Developer Relations to ensure seamless post-sale transitions and ongoing expansion.
Partner with Marketing on field content, competitive positioning, and event strategy.
Collaborate with Product to surface customer needs, feature requests, and market trends.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Sales Engineering, or a comparable customer-facing technical role, with at least 2 years managing or leading a technical pre-sales team.
Proven success in open-source, developer-tools, or infrastructure-software companies—you understand the unique dynamics of selling to and with developer communities.
Strong technical background with hands-on experience in distributed systems, microservices, or event-driven architectures.
Proficiency in one or more of Temporal’s supported languages: Java, Golang, TypeScript, Python, C#, or PHP.
Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and familiarity with modern development and deployment tooling (CI/CD, containers, orchestration).

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

Solutions ArchitectureSales Engineeringdistributed systemsmicroservicesevent-driven architecturesJavaGolangTypeScriptPythonC#

Soft Skills

team developmentcoachingcustomer obsessionstrategic advisingcollaborationperformance managementcommunicationcuriositytechnical excellenceproblem-solving