Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Temporal
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull time260,000 - 325,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Lead the architectural direction and hands-on implementation of Temporal Cloud infrastructure, driving multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms, reliability, security, and engineering velocity. You’ll mentor engineers, own end-to-end technical stewardship, collaborate across teams and with key customers, and define long-term roadmaps to scale complex distributed systems at a global level.

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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Lead the architectural direction and hands-on implementation of Temporal Cloud infrastructure, driving multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms, reliability, security, and engineering velocity. You’ll mentor engineers, own end-to-end technical stewardship, collaborate across teams and with key customers, and define long-term roadmaps to scale complex distributed systems at a global level.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and execute the long-term architectural strategy for our multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms; lead hands-on implementation for critical infrastructure projects with a focus on reliability, automation, and scale.
  • •Own end-to-end technical stewardship for systems, ensuring alignment with architectural vision and best practices; act as a key technical advisor to Engineering Leadership and Product Management.
  • •Drive cross-team collaboration to align roadmaps and promote best practices; participate in design reviews across Infrastructure with a focus on automation, scalability, and reliability.
  • •Partner with Security to build secure-by-default systems and engage with key customers to understand deep technical requirements.
  • •Mentor engineers, grow the engineering bar, and ensure teams have clarity on vision, priorities, and delivery processes.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 260,000 - 325,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid Leave401kHealth InsuranceDentalVisionRemote WorkEquityInternet Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • •Expert-level design and coding skills with deep knowledge of performance tuning, concurrency, and distributed systems architecture.
  • •Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale public cloud infrastructure.
  • •Excellent technical leadership and impact—at least 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time spent operating at the Senior/Staff IC level.
  • •Deep experience in building and leading the development of complex distributed software systems and microservices for a cloud infrastructure organization.
Experience:10+ yearsCloud infrastructureDistributed systemsMicroservicesCloud providersAWSGCPAzure
Education:Master's
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSGCPAzureCloudMicroservicesDistributed systemsConcurrencyPerformance tuning

Company Brief

Temporal
Builds an open-source orchestration platform for microservices and distributed applications, providing durable execution, stateful workflows, and developer-friendly APIs to simplify complex, long-running business processes.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2018
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