Temporal Technologies - Staff Software Engineer, Builder Tools
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Requirements
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of leading the design, delivery, and operation of production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling. • Experience leveraging modern agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code, including defining best practices and driving adoption across teams. • Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used at Temporal, such as Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java, with the ability to make pragmatic, high-leverage technical decisions. • Experience architecting and scaling workflow automation or internal tools (CLI tools, services, GitHub automation, cloud automation, or similar) used across teams or the organization. • Strong judgment about when to standardize versus when to enable flexibility, and how to remove friction without compromising reliability, security, or long-term maintainability. • Comfort leading cross-functional collaboration, including partnering with non-traditional developers and translating ambiguous needs into scalable, well-adopted solutions. • Ability to use data and qualitative feedback together to define success metrics, prioritize effectively, and measure impact. • Clear written communication, including documentation that enables self-service and scales knowledge across teams. • Experience building internal agents and operating an agent platform • Familiarity with developer productivity measurement frameworks such as SPACE and DORA metrics.
Responsibilities
• 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.
Benefits
• Base Salary Range - $212,000 - $286,000 depending on qualifications and location • Equity Options - Eligible for stock options as part of Temporal’s equity plan • 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! • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness. • Travel • Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together. • $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals • $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships) • $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account • $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you) • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
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