Senior Solutions Architect, Commercial

Temporal Technologies

Senior Solutions Architect supporting Commercial Sales team in a consumption-based business. Collaborating with engineering and development teams to enable customer success and expand Temporal usage.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Account Executives throughout the sales cycle to qualify new opportunities, run technical evaluations, and expand production usage with existing customers
Lead technical conversations with developers, architects, and engineering leaders to understand their systems, constraints, and business objectives
Build tailored demos and proof-of-concepts that showcase how Temporal solves specific customer problems, including orchestration of AI and agentic workloads
Deliver enablement sessions that help customer engineering teams adopt Temporal effectively
Create reusable technical assets that accelerate deals and scale the team's impact
Enable the Commercial Sales team by educating AEs on Temporal fundamentals, common patterns, and opportunity qualification
Manage multiple prospects and customers simultaneously, prioritizing effectively across urgent needs and strategic work in a fast-moving environment
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Developer Success to surface field insights that influence the roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong development background with hands-on coding experience in at least one modern language (Go, Java, TypeScript, or Python)
Deep understanding of distributed systems (reliability, observability, and fault tolerance)
Proven experience in a pre-sales, customer-facing engineering, or solutions architecture role working with technical buyers
Exceptional time management and prioritization skills with the ability to thrive in high-volume environments
Enthusiasm for AI/ML technologies and eagerness to learn about emerging use cases in agentic workflows and LLM orchestration
Strong technical communication skills and ability to lead conversations with senior engineers while translating complex concepts for diverse audiences
Comfortable creating structure where there is none

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

GoJavaTypeScriptPythonDistributed SystemsAI/ML TechnologiesOrchestrationFault ToleranceReliabilityObservability

Soft Skills

Exceptional Time ManagementPrioritization SkillsTechnical CommunicationAbility to Thrive in High-Volume EnvironmentsComfortable Creating Structure