Temporal Technologies

Full-stack Engineer

• Design and implement core backend service features.
• Provide appropriate test coverage unit, integration, and performance for feature ownership areas.
• Document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run services at scale with those features.
• Provide appropriate service level logs and metrics to operationalize features for cloud service setup.
• Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production.

Software Engineer 2 – Compute

Developer Relations

• Travel to enterprise customer sites (approximately 50% of the time) to deliver Temporal DevDays, our flagship on-site technical enablement program, tailored to each account's use cases, architecture, and adoption stage
• Prepare and deliver hands-on labs, architectural walkthroughs, and workshop sessions that help enterprise engineering teams build confidently on Temporal
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Account Executives, and Customer Success to scope and prepare for each engagement and ensure strong outcomes
• Contribute sample applications, lab exercises, and reusable content back to the shared DevDays content library
• Deliver train-the-trainer sessions where appropriate
• Host semi-regular enterprise office hours
• Deliver webinars on enterprise-relevant topics, including complex workflow patterns, AI-powered agentic backends, observability, scalability, and platform integrations
• Partner with the DevDays program owner, DevRel, and field teams to identify topics and formats that matter most to enterprise audiences
• Speak at and attend industry conferences, enterprise developer events, and meetups relevant to the enterprise engineering community
• Produce technical content — blog posts, tutorials, architectural guides, diagrams, and videos
• Gather structured feedback from DevDays sessions, office hours, and enterprise engagements to surface product gaps, developer experience friction, and adoption blockers

Staff Developer Advocate, Enterprise

Sales

• Drive Strategic New Logo Acquisition
• Identify, qualify, and close high-value new logo opportunities within the enterprise segment across the East region.
• Execute account-based strategies to penetrate target accounts and generate sustainable pipeline.
• Engage customers and prospects through in-person field activities such as executive dinners, regional events, and on-site meetings to accelerate deals and deepen relationship's
• Own the entire sales lifecycle from prospecting through close.
• Manage long, complex sales cycles and navigate large organizations with multiple stakeholders.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales Development, and Solutions Architects to execute strategic go-to-market motions.
• Provide market feedback to Product and GTM teams to refine offerings and positioning.
• Manage a team of Strategic Account Executives focused on new logo acquisition.
• Provide coaching, deal support, and ongoing development to drive high performance and expand Temporal's reach in the market.
• Develop deep understanding of prospects' technical environments and business challenges.
• Tailor solutions and articulate Temporal’s value proposition effectively to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Use CRM and sales tools to manage opportunities, forecast accurately, and drive disciplined sales execution.
• Track key sales metrics and continuously refine strategies based on data insights.
• Represent Temporal in the market as a trusted advisor.
• Stay informed on industry trends, competitive landscape, and evolving customer needs.

Director of Sales, New Logo

• Work as a Software Engineer.
• Design and implement Temporal AI SDK features supporting a broad variety of frameworks and libraries.
• Develop a deep understanding of AI application development techniques, including emerging approaches and architectures.
• Work with multiple programming languages, primarily Python and TypeScript.
• Make extensive use of AI coding tools, especially to ensure quality across a large number of integrations.
• Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with other teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience.
• 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 SDK 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 AI SDK 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).

Software Engineer – AI SDK

• Create new managed compute primitives that feel first-class in Temporal Cloud: crisp abstractions, clean APIs, and an extension story across compute providers.
• Design self-optimizing autoscaling systems (signals, backstops, debouncing, guardrails) that scale worker fleets safely and predictably.
• Define the Open Source Server ↔ Cloud boundary for compute capabilities, keeping the architecture cohesive and maintainable.
• Architect, build, and operate services on the hot path of task execution where performance and correctness are customer-visible.
• Deliver real-world cloud integrations (e.g., customer-account execution): IAM boundaries, secure credentials handling, networking constraints, quotas, and failure modes.
• Make operability a feature: SLOs, tracing/metrics, load and failure testing, incident reviews, and continuous hardening.
• Ship end-to-end: API design, rollout strategy, backwards compatibility, and long-term maintenance.
• Raise the bar through design docs, strong reviews, pragmatic technical leadership, and mentorship.
• Lead through influence across teams (Server, SDKs, Security, Control Plane) to land coherent platform changes.

Senior Software Engineer, Compute – Temporal Cloud

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Drive the monthly close process end-to-end, partnering closely with Accounting and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver timely, accurate, and decision-useful outputs
• Own monthly and quarterly reporting to the CFO and Board, translating financial results into clear narratives, key insights, and actionable takeaways.
• Lead variance analysis and management reporting, identifying the “why” behind results and helping drive performance discussions with the CFO and department leaders.
• Support updates to the consolidated three-statement model, cash forecast, and long-range financial plan, ensuring leadership has a reliable view of runway, investment capacity, and growth trajectory.
• Partner with the People team to deliver accurate workforce reporting, headcount tracking, and hiring plan visibility.
• Support the implementation and ongoing administration of Pigment as our planning platform, helping build the systems foundation for a public-company-ready finance function.
• Bring structure and rigor to a finance function that is being built from the ground up.
• Identify gaps in process, reporting, systems, or data integrity, and drive practical, high-ROI improvements that make the finance organization faster and more reliable.
• Operate with a high degree of ownership and judgment in an environment where historical data is imperfect and processes are still evolving.
• Own ad hoc analysis for the CFO, finance leadership, and cross-functional partners.

Senior Finance Analyst, Corporate

Engineering Manager

• Lead, grow, and support a team of engineers working on solving core distributed system problems
• Set clear technical direction for the team while aligning execution with CGS and company-wide priorities
• Remain hands-on and technically engaged
• Drive delivery of key Temporal Cloud capabilities, including: High Availability namespaces and failover automation, Migration tooling between self-hosted and cloud Temporal clusters, Namespace migration within Temporal Cloud for capacity management and data movement
• Establish a strong culture of operational excellence, ensuring features are observable, safe to operate, and production-ready
• Own execution and outcomes: planning, prioritization, delivery, and follow-through
• Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Cloud and OSS teams to deliver cohesive solutions
• Mentor and develop engineers, providing technical guidance, career growth support, and actionable feedback
• Lead incident response, postmortems, and reliability improvements for the systems owned by the team.

Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Enablement

• Set direction for AI-assisted development, end-to-end: Define the engineering-wide approach for safe, effective AI-assisted workflows (tooling standards, rollout strategy, and adoption).
• Build frictionless paved paths: Identify and remove sources of friction in developer workflows; deliver a small set of deeply reliable, well-supported paved roads rather than many bespoke bypasses.
• Internal AI platform strategy (build vs. buy): Own strategy and execution for internal agent runtimes and developer-facing AI systems (authoring, review, and automation workflows), including vendor evaluation and integrations.
• Governance, cost, and measurement: Drive governance and cost management for AI tooling (usage measurement, guardrails, optimization) using clear metrics and frameworks (e.g., DORA/SPACE) to translate improvements into business outcomes.

Senior Engineering Manager, Builder Tools

Account Executive

• Own and manage the entire sales lifecycle within a defined set of named enterprise accounts, from strategic planning to expansion and renewal
• Develop and execute deep, multi-year account strategies to expand Temporal’s footprint across multiple divisions, teams, and buying centers
• Multi-thread across software engineers, architects, engineering leaders, and executive stakeholders to understand business and technical priorities
• Lead complex, value-based and ROI-driven sales motions that align Temporal’s capabilities to enterprise-wide initiatives
• Navigate sophisticated technical and organizational discussions, positioning Temporal as a long-term platform partner
• Build trusted advisor relationships at the executive and practitioner levels, driving adoption and long-term customer success
• Partner closely with customer success, solutions architecture, product, RevOps, and deal desk to deliver cohesive, win-win outcomes
• Drive enterprise expansion through solution selling, enablement, and adoption-led growth motions
• Adapt and execute on account strategies to meet the evolving needs of large, complex organizations
• Manage and accurately forecast your business in SDFC

Strategic Account Executive, Growth - Digital Native

Payroll

• Manage all day-to-day US payroll operations, coordinating with internal teams and external payroll vendors to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing across semi-monthly and bi-weekly cycles for a growing exempt and non-exempt workforce across multiple states
• Prepare payroll input files; process and review payroll outputs to verify accuracy and compliance, confirming all data is properly recorded according to company policies
• Partner with Human Resources on employee compensation, benefits, and disability matters; ensure proper taxation and treatment of employer-paid benefits, including NSOs, RSUs, and 401(k) contributions; maintain knowledge of applicable payroll laws, including state-specific final pay requirements
• Manage payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, relocation payments, leave of absence calculations, domestic partner benefits, group term life insurance, and equity-related events (RSUs, ISO/NSO exercises, disqualifying dispositions)
• Administer benefits-related payroll deductions and ensure compliance with 401(k), FSA, HSA, and other program requirements; audit, reconcile, and fund 401(k) contributions associated with each payroll and resolve discrepancies in real time
• Maintain multi-state payroll tax registrations; ensure timely deposits and filings; manage quarterly tax adjustments and year-end payroll tax reporting; respond to and track federal and state tax notices and amendments
• Oversee quarter-end, W-2 preparation, year-end reconciliations, and resolution of federal and state tax notices
• Act as subject matter expert in US payroll, providing guidance and assistance to team members and internal stakeholders
• Respond to employee inquiries and serve as liaison between employees and third-party providers
• Coordinate with local payroll providers across UK, Singapore, Canada, India, and Australia to stand up compliant payroll operations as each entity launches
• Serve as the primary internal point of contact for international payroll vendors — reviewing payroll registers, approving runs, resolving discrepancies, and managing the relationship
• Advise on country-specific payroll requirements (statutory deductions, employer obligations, pay frequency norms) during the subsidiary setup process
• Partner with Finance, Legal, and HR on international onboarding, ensuring payroll is ready when new hires start in each country
• Establish payroll calendars, approval workflows, and escalation procedures for each jurisdiction
• Establish, document, and enforce internal controls in compliance with SOX requirements; support IPO readiness efforts as the company scales
• Oversee internal and external payroll audits and ensure audit readiness, including Workers’ Compensation and 401(k) audits
• Establish and execute payroll review and audit procedures, including validation of regular earnings, one-time payments, deductions, and garnishments
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws; proactively flag any exposure areas
• Review payroll and tax reporting to ensure accurate and timely filings with appropriate government authorities
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries; reconcile payroll-related GL accounts monthly
• Support the annual audit (currently with EY) by providing payroll schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation
• Assist with equity compensation accounting coordination (Form 3921, W-2 supplemental wage reporting, ASC 718 inputs)
• Complete quarter-end and year-end reconciliations for tax filings and W-2 filings
• Maintain and continuously improve Rippling payroll configuration — identify automation opportunities and lead optimization initiatives
• Lead special projects including process improvements, documentation, system integrations, and upgrades or reimplementations of US payroll systems
• Lead automation initiatives and process enhancements within the payroll department, collaborating cross-functionally with HR, IT, Legal, and Accounting to streamline operations and minimize errors
• Maintain thorough payroll documentation and SOPs; document and update procedures on an ongoing basis
• Prepare special reports for management as needed

Payroll Manager

Software Engineer

• Define and drive the strategy for developer tooling across Temporal's platform - not just ship features, but make opinionated bets on how developers should test, debug, and deploy durable applications
• Own the testing story end-to-end: make the strategic call on test infrastructure direction, define canonical patterns, and drive toward tests that developers actually trust
• Own the deploy safety story: determine the right approach for pre-deploy compatibility checking and drive it from concept to shipped product
• Unify the CLI into one coherent tool - for humans and AI agents - and define what the CLI becomes as AI-assisted development accelerates
• Collapse the getting-started experience so new developers reach a working project in minutes with production-realistic patterns
• Influence cross-SDK decisions - the tools you own work across Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, and .NET. You'll drive consistency without blocking SDK teams
• Define the developer-to-operator handoff - where "I'm shipping" ends and "it's being operated" begins
• Partner directly with engineering leadership to shape team priorities and technical direction
• Represent the developer tooling perspective in product-staff reviews and company-level planning

Staff Product Manager, Developer Lifecycle – Tooling

Operations

• Design and document scalable support processes across ticket routing, SLAs, escalation paths, and customer feedback loops.
• Develop analytics and dashboards to measure customer health, case volume trends, response times, activation, and consumption-impacting support issues.
• Partner with our GTM Systems team to integrate Pylon data with Salesforce, Slack, and other GTM systems to provide unified visibility into customer interactions and consumption blockers.
• Partner with Product and Data Analytics to identify patterns in support requests that signal opportunities for product improvements or proactive enablement.
• Optimize support capacity planning by analyzing ticket drivers, volumes, and patterns to forecast staffing needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance and RevOps to link support performance to retention, expansion, and consumption growth.
• Establish quality assurance and feedback programs to ensure consistency and continuous improvement across support interactions.
• Act as the internal SME for support tools and automations, managing configurations, user permissions, and change requests.
• As Temporal scales, you’ll help shape the systems and insights that power our post-sales experience, partnering with Technical Services leadership (Support, Professional Services, and possible new roles) to ensure our operations fuel both customer success and revenue growth.
• Build utilization, margin, and attach-rate models across Support, Services, and TAM.
• Support incentive model design and exec-level reporting for post-sales performance.
• Maintain accurate customer and partner records in Salesforce and integrated tools, ensuring data integrity for reporting and decision-making.
• Document processes and maintain clear SOPs for both functions.
• Manage operational workflows for high-tier customer benefits such as managed Slack channels and other entitlements.
• Monitor and track support SLAs, case resolution, and customer satisfaction metrics.

Support and Services Operations Manager

• Build and maintain internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.
• Provide guidance, best practices, and automation to support adoption of AI agentic coding tools.
• Develop and operate internally facing agents.
• Implement and improve developer workflows, including guardrails, evaluation approaches, and guidance that enables safe adoption of new tooling.
• Own development and operation of our internal agent platform.
• Partner with teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to understand where AI could accelerate their work or improve the quality of outcomes.
• Build measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to quantify impact and guide iteration.
• Own documentation and enablement materials that help builders succeed using the paved roads.
• Participate in on-call to support internal users.

Senior Software Engineer, Builder Tools

• Lead the design, build, and evolution of internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.
• Define best practices and drive adoption of AI agentic coding tools through guidance, automation, and hands-on enablement.
• Architect, develop, and operate internally facing agents that scale across teams and use cases.
• Own and continuously improve developer workflows, including guardrails, evaluation frameworks, and guidance that enables safe and effective adoption of new tooling.
• Own the strategy, development, and operation of our internal agent platform, setting direction and ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Partner closely with stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to identify high-impact opportunities where AI can accelerate work and improve outcomes.
• Establish and drive measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to quantify impact, inform prioritization, and guide iteration.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, playbooks, and enablement materials, and proactively drive adoption of paved roads across the organization.
• Mentor and support engineers on the team, raising the bar on technical design, execution, and use of AI-enabled tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotation, while identifying and driving improvements that reduce operational burden and improve the internal user experience.

Staff Software Engineer, Builder Tools

• Design and implement core backend service features.
• Provide appropriate test coverage for unit, integration, and performance for your feature ownership area.
• Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run service with those features.
• Provide appropriate service level logs and metrics to make features operational for cloud service setup.
• Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production.