Senior Software Engineer - SDK Language Runtime

1 Month ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering • ~ $215,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Temporal is seeking a Senior Language Runtime Engineer to join their SDK team. This role involves end-to-end ownership of new features, designing and building Temporal SDKs, and tightly integrating them with respective programming languages for durable and deterministic execution. The engineer will develop features for agentic AI systems, debug issues for the community, write technical documentation, and provide expert support to customers. The role emphasizes open-source collaboration, working directly with the community, and maintaining high code quality. The company is fully remote, prioritizing work-life balance over crunch time and communicating primarily in writing.
Must have:
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Fluency in multiple programming languages
  • Deep experience with concurrent programming
  • Deep experience with distributed systems
  • Experience designing public APIs and documentation
  • Methodical and detail-oriented approach
  • Strong technical communication skills
  • Sense of ownership and accountability
  • Proactive work management
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with Temporal's programming model
  • Experience with Go, Java, Python, .NET, TypeScript, Ruby, Rust
  • Experience contributing to open source projects
  • Experience contributing to large-scale distributed systems architecture
  • Deep knowledge of language runtimes
Perks:
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
  • 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance
  • Empower 401K Plan
  • Learning & Development support
  • Lifestyle Spending Account
  • In-Home Office Setup
  • Professional Memberships
  • Work from Home Meals
  • Internet Stipend
  • Calm App Subscription

Job Details

Who We Are
 
Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.
 
Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.
 
Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

We have an opening to hire a Senior Language Runtime Engineer. Our team makes the Temporal SDKs — our SDKs are the primary mechanism through which our customers use Temporal. This is harder than it sounds. SDKs are not thin clients; they act as runtime environments for application code, contain complex internal logic, and coordinate closely with Temporal Server to provide the durable-execution guarantees our customers require.

Most of our work is open source—see for yourself here: https://github.com/temporalio [new window]

See our SDK team page for more [new window]

What You Will Do

  • Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with others in the SDK and Server teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience.
  • Design and build Temporal SDKs used by customers to work with Temporal in their programming language of choice.
  • Tightly integrate Temporal SDKs with their respective languages, making best use of type systems and language runtimes, to execute application code in a durable, deterministic way.
  • Develop features that provide a foundation for the reliable execution of the current wave of agentic AI systems. Be a part of the fundamentals, instead of a part of the trend!
  • Work directly with our community to debug issues that need expert attention, and get feedback on Temporal SDK features and APIs.
  • Write publicly-readable technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs.
  • Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that 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).

What You Won’t Do

  • Work in an office (unless you want to, but you’d be by yourself). Temporal is a fully-remote company.
  • Commit code that’s poorly-tested or works “most of the time”. Temporal aspires to be “Reliable as Gravity”, and we expect your code to be the same.
  • Overwork yourself to meet a deadline. Instead of crunch time, we cut scope.
  • Work behind closed doors. The SDKs are open source—that means PRs and comments are open to the public, too.
  • Sit in meetings all day. We mostly communicate in writing, and use meetings mainly for status updates and thorny issues that need input from the whole group.
  • Wake up to pager alerts. We’re extremely active in supporting our customers and the community, but we don’t do 24/7 on-call.

What You’ll Bring

  • BS or MS in Computer Science (or a closely-related degree), or equivalent work experience writing production-grade software.
  • Fluency in multiple programming languages, and an affinity for learning new ones. We don’t care which, but you should know at least two, and love learning new ones.
  • Deep experience with concurrent programming—you should know how to use mutexes, atomics, and other concurrency primitives safely.
  • Deep experience with distributed systems—you should know what to do when you can’t rely on mutexes and atomics.
  • Experience designing APIs and writing documentation for publicly-available libraries or modules.
  • A methodical, detail-oriented approach to your work.
  • Strong technical communication skills—written and verbal—in English.
  • A deep sense of ownership and personal accountability—you care about the impact of your work, and if something goes wrong, you take responsibility for making it right.
  • A proactive approach to managing your work—you’ll need to balance working autonomously vs. working closely with others, and recognize when you need help.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with Temporal’s programming model (e.g. you’ve written an app on Temporal).
  • Experience writing in Go, Java, Python, .NET, TypeScript, Ruby and/or Rust.
  • Experience contributing to open source projects.
  • Experience contributing to the architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems.
  • Deep knowledge of language runtimes.

Compensation

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $180,000 - $215,000.
  • Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

 

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.
 
Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded. 
 
U.S. Benefits 
  • 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!
International Benefits
  • 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.
Additional Perks 
  • $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals 
  • $1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
  • $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)
  • $500 / Year Professional Memberships
  • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.
 
Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.
 
We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.

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