Temporal Technologies - Staff Software Engineer, Compute (Temporal Cloud)
Requirements
• Strong systems fundamentals: concurrency, performance, reliability, and failure-mode thinking. • A record of shipping platform primitives used by other engineers/customers (APIs, control planes, data planes). • Comfort owning outcomes: SLOs, incident response, and improving on-call quality over time. • Excellent written communication and crisp tradeoff thinking. (Go experience is a plus; judgment matters most.) • Experience building cloud infrastructure platforms. • Experience with IAM/security boundaries for cross-account execution models. • Having built Kubernetes controllers / CRDs or heterogeneous worker fleet operations,
Responsibilities
• Invent • 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. • Teach • 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.
Benefits
• The estimated pay range for this role is $230,000 - $275,000 • Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in 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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