Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

2 Months ago • 8 Years + • Devops • $170,000 PA - $250,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer at Temporal, you will be a key contributor to the infrastructure team, focusing on cloud infrastructure. You'll design and build systems to optimize cloud usage for global expansion, contribute to system architecture with a focus on distributed systems, and build reliable and scalable network, storage, and compute systems. This role involves leading design reviews, partnering with security to ensure infrastructure security, and engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs. You will also be expected to share design principles, mentor other engineers, and drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps and priorities remain connected to organizational goals. You will also explore new technologies and approaches to enhance infrastructure reliability and scalability.
Must have:
  • Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
  • 8+ years of coding experience in languages like Go or Java.
  • Experience designing distributed systems and concurrency.
  • Expertise in at least one infrastructure domain.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Perks:
  • Unlimited 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
  • $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
  • $500 / Year Professional Memberships
  • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

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 are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Foundations team. This role focuses on driving technical strategy, alignment, and execution across compute, networking, and cloud orchestration. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of Temporal’s core infrastructure while also influencing the long-term direction of the platform.

What You'll Do

Invent

  • Design and build systems that optimize cloud usage and scale for global expansion.
  • Contribute to system architecture and execution with a focus on distributed systems.
  • Co-author roadmaps, setting the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
  • Build reliable and scalable network, storage, and compute systems.
  • Foster and maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence.

Own

  • Develop effective partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams to ensure alignment of infrastructure goals.
  • Lead design reviews for projects, with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Partner with Security to ensure infrastructure is secure by default.
  • Engage directly with stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements and enable their success.

Learn

  • Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal’s platform to power infrastructure at scale.
  • Gain insights into customer needs and translate them into infrastructure design decisions.
  • Explore new technologies and approaches to enhance infrastructure reliability and scalability.

Collaborate

  • Share and advocate for design principles to build reliable systems at scale.
  • Mentor and grow other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
  • Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps and priorities remain connected to organizational goals.

What You'll Bring

  • Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering efforts focused on cloud, compute, networking, and storage infrastructure.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.
  • At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages such as Go, Java, or similar, with expertise in writing concurrent code.
  • Strong experience designing distributed systems and utilizing concurrency primitives.
  • Deep expertise in at least one infrastructure domain (e.g., compute, networking, storage) and familiarity with related domains.
  • Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), with an understanding of how to optimize for cost, performance, and reliability.
  • A passion for driving technical excellence, scalability, and operational reliability in cloud-based infrastructure.

Compensation

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $170,000 - $250,000.
  • 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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