Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundations – Agent Optimization

Temporal Technologies

Staff Software Engineer optimizing AI systems for Temporal Technologies. Leading innovations in AI Foundations for performance and quality enhancements.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $224,000 - $302,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work as a software engineer
Maintain and expand a deep understanding of agentic coding
Design and build agentic coding systems that we can trust to deliver high-quality outputs
Develop a deep understanding of AI application development patterns and techniques, including emerging approaches and architectures.
Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with other teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience.
Work with multiple programming languages: Python and TypeScript, Java, Go.
Serve as a domain expert on AI design patterns, collaborating with field staff to provide best-practices and canonical examples.
Work directly with our developer community to debug issues that need expert attention and get feedback on Temporal features and APIs.
Write public technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs.
Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that our teams’ engineering expertise is needed.
Travel to meet your coworkers for a week once or twice a year.
Attend the occasional developer conference to talk about how great Temporal is (optional).

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional work experience.
Proven experience in optimizing AI systems using both machine learning and systems techniques
Experience and passion for harnessing generative AI, particularly for agents and coding.
A deep appreciation for how to use AI to improve quality, not only to increase quantity.
A sense of taste in code and software development practice. Your approach should be opinionated and thoughtful, but not dogmatic.
Fluency in multiple programming languages, and an affinity for learning new ones.
Deep experience with concurrent programming—you should know how to use mutexes, atomics, and other concurrency primitives safely.
Experience designing APIs and writing documentation for publicly-available libraries or modules.
Strong technical communication skills—written and verbal—in English.
BS or MS in Computer Science (or a closely-related degree), or equivalent work experience writing production-grade software.

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

PythonTypeScriptJavaGoMachine LearningSystems TechniquesGenerative AIConcurrency PrimitivesTechnical DocumentationProduction-Grade Software

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaborative Problem SolvingCustomer Support

Certifications

BS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer Science