Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Data Storage

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Data Analysis • $190,000 PA - $265,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Temporal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud Data Storage (CDS) team. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, multi-tenant backend services for CDS, which manages workflow data storage, retrieval, and lifecycle at scale. Responsibilities include crafting APIs and schemas for durable and queryable petabyte-scale data, driving reliability and performance through SLOs and chaos testing, providing technical leadership by breaking down roadmaps and mentoring engineers, and collaborating with other teams for end-to-end feature delivery. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in distributed systems, concurrency, and building services on cloud platforms.
Must have:
  • 5+ years 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 (high end of Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert).
  • Experience building and running services on AWS.
Good to have:
  • Prior contributions to Temporal, Cadence, or other workflow engines.
  • Deep expertise in a storage domain (LSM trees, columnar stores, transactional logs, etc.).
  • Operated multi-region, >=99.99% uptime services.
  • Experience working with Open Source Systems.
  • Experience in building K8s controllers and/or CRDs.
Perks:
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays (US)
  • 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision (US)
  • AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (US)
  • Empower 401K Plan (US)
  • Learning & Development stipend
  • Lifestyle Spending account
  • In-Home Office Setup stipend
  • Professional Memberships stipend
  • Work from Home Meals stipend
  • Internet Stipend
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
  • International benefits vary by country and are issued in partnership with Remote.com.

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!

Summary

Cloud Data Store (CDS) owns the storage, retrieval, and lifecycle of all workflow data at planet scale. We design the persistence APIs, build storage abstractions that run across cloud vendors, and deliver the observability that lets customers trust their state machines for years. [To see more detail re: the Temporal CDS Eng team, click here]

As a Staff Engineer, you will get the chance to design, build, and maintain significant portions of our backend functionality for highly scalable, multi-tenant services. You’ll own the custom persistence stack for Temporal Cloud which includes a Write Ahead Log, various metadata stores (Cassandra, etcd), multi-level caches, tiered storage etc. 

What You'll Do

  • 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. 

What You'll Bring

  • 5 or more years of experience as an "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer" of highly scalable distributed systems. see HERE for more info re: "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer"
  • 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. see HERE for more info re: "high end of Intermediate" and/or "Advanced" or "Expert levels"
  • Experience building and running services on AWS. Bonus: Microsoft Azure and Google GCP experience.

Nice to Have

  • Prior contributions to Temporal, Cadence, or other workflow engines.
  • Deep expertise in a storage domain (LSM trees, columnar stores, transactional logs, etc.).
  • Operated multi-region, ≥99.99 % uptime services.
  • Experience working with Open Source Systems.
  • Experience in building K8s controllers and/or CRDs is a plus

Compensation

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $190,000 - $265,000 depending on locale.
  • 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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