Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

Temporal Technologies

Staff Engineer designing and building highly scalable distributed data systems at Temporal Technologies. Collaborating across teams to deliver backend functionality for temporal workflows.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $212,000 - $286,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building distributed data systems, with a strong focus on API development, performance optimization, and technical leadership. Proficient in writing concurrent code and managing services on cloud platforms like AWS, with additional experience in Elastic Search and Clickhouse.

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Distributed Systems DesignConcurrent Code DevelopmentAWS Service ManagementTechnical LeadershipCross-Team Collaboration

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Hard Skills

API DevelopmentMulti-ThreadingConcurrencyGo ProgrammingJava ProgrammingElastic SearchClickhouse

Soft Skills

MentoringDocumentationIncident Review Leadership

Tools & Technologies

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle GCP

Industry Keywords

SLOsChaos TestingDesign DocumentationOperational Knowledge

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJava

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design & build distributed data systems – craft APIs, schemas, and replication paths that keep petabytes of workflow history durable and query-able. Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run service with those features.
Drive reliability & performance – own SLOs, create chaos-test plans, profile hot paths, and lead incident reviews.
Technical leadership – break down roadmap epics, mentor mid-level engineers, steward design docs through RFC.
Cross-team collaboration – partner with the Server, Cloud, and DX teams to land features end-to-end.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 or more years of experience as an "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer" of highly scalable distributed systems.
Solid computer science fundamentals in distributed systems concepts including multi-threading and concurrency.
Experience writing concurrent code in production with languages like Go or Java or other applicable languages with skill level as "high end of Intermediate" and/or "Advanced" or "Expert" levels.
Experience building and running services on AWS. Bonus: Microsoft Azure and Google GCP experience.
Experience with Elastic Search and/or Clickhouse

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!