Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Job Summary
Job Description
Temporal is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Developer Productivity Team, focusing on internal tools development and observability. This role involves leading the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance, with a specific emphasis on building internal tools to enhance developer productivity. You will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, resilient distributed systems, troubleshooting issues, and understanding performance implications. The position also offers opportunities to drive AI tooling engagement, gain diverse technical exposure within the Temporal ecosystem, and deeply understand the needs of internal developers and external customers. Collaboration with team members on design reviews and sharing principles for building reliable systems at scale is expected.
Must have:
- User-first mindset to empower others through tooling.
- Motivated by impact and desire to make positive things happen.
- Strong opinions on tools and technology, balanced by pragmatism.
- Insatiable curiosity and eagerness to share technological insights.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Develop horizontally scalable, resilient, high-performance distributed systems.
- Expertise in one or more high-level programming languages, preferably Go.
- Experience using Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS or GCP preferred).
- Thorough understanding of computer architecture, OS, and networking.
- Familiarity with monitoring, instrumenting, and configuring infrastructure best practices.
Good to have:
- Lead end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle.
- Develop internal tools for developer productivity.
- Document design choices and operational knowledge.
- Drive AI tooling engagement and enablement.
- Set a high bar for technical excellence.
- Design and build multi-component, distributed systems at scale.
- Investigate issues methodically to identify root causes.
- Understand performance and reliability implications and make tradeoffs.
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation.
- Drive experimentations in developer productivity.
- Gain expert-level knowledge of architecture and services.
- Leverage Temporal's software to power the mission.
- Deeply understand internal developer and external customer needs.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to other features.
Perks:
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
- 100% Premium Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
- AD&D, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
- Empower 401K Plan
- Learning & Development Stipend ($1,500/Year)
- Lifestyle Spending Account ($1,200/Year)
- In-Home Office Setup Support ($1,000/Year)
- Professional Memberships ($500/Year)
- Work from Home Meals Stipend ($3,600/Year)
- Internet Reimbursement ($74/Month)
- Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
- Equity Plan Eligibility
6 skills required
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
We have an opening for a Senior Software Engineer on our Developer Productivity Team. The team’s scope includes internal tools development and observability (both internal and customer-facing). This role will span that full scope, with specific focus on internal developer tooling. This is an opportunity to join a mission-critical engineering team that is driving the productivity and reliability of Temporal’s developers and core platforms, respectively. We are a passionate team of talented developers who truly care about our mission and enjoy working deeply across the entire Temporal ecosystem to be a force multiplier across the organization.
What You'll Do
Build
- Lead the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle: goals & requirements solicitation, design & review, implementation, operationalization & deployment, support & maintenance.
- Develop internal tools to enable peer developer productivity.
- Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and manage the software you develop.
- Help drive AI tooling engagement and enablement through training, guidance, and accountability.
Own
- Set a high bar for technical excellence and take pride in the software you develop.
- Design and build multi-component, distributed systems that operate at scale.
- Investigate issues with a methodical approach to identify a root cause.
- Understand performance and reliability implications of design options at scale. Make related tradeoffs.
- Able to participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
Learn
- Drive experimentations in developer productivity through emerging tools and workflows.
- Expert-level knowledge of architecture and services of assigned domain. Strong command over all aspects of the Temporal ecosystem. This role provides a strong opportunity for diverse technical exposure!
- Investigate and understand ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power our mission.
- Deeply understand the needs of Temporal internal developers and external customers, and leverage that knowledge for product development and feature design.
Collaborate
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to design of other features.
- Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.
What You'll Bring
- User-first mindset. You’re excited by the opportunity to empower others through tooling, and enjoy deeply internalizing user goals and use cases to build effective solutions.
- Motivated by impact. You are driven by a desire to make positive things happen.
- Strong opinions about tools and technology that are equally balanced by a pragmatic drive for impact.
- Insatiable curiosity and eagerness to share. You genuinely enjoy keeping your finger on the pulse of technology and take pride in being able to share valuable insights that enable your peers.
- Ability to work in a self-directed manner in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Skills & Technologies
- Demonstrated ability to develop horizontally scalable, resilient, and high performance distributed systems in a production environment.
- Expert in one or more high-level programming languages, preferably Go.
- Experience using Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, preferably AWS or GCP.
- Thorough understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and networking.
- Familiarity with best practices regarding monitoring, instrumenting, and configuring infrastructure.
Compensation
- The estimated pay range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000, depending on qualifications and location.
- 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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