<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><div>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. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.</div><div> </div><div>Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.</div><div> </div><div>Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!</div></div><div><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We have an opening for a <strong>Staff Software Engineer</strong> on our <strong>Infrastructure Team, with specific focus on Observability - both internal and customer-facing</strong>. This is an opportunity to join a mission-critical engineering team that is driving the productivity and reliability of Temporal’s developers and<strong> </strong>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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You'll Do</strong></span></p><p><strong>Build:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle: goals & requirements solicitation, design & review, implementation, operationalization & deployment, support & maintenance.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead feature design, review with stakeholders, iterate to incorporate feedback and drive consensus.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and manage the software you develop.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Provide appropriate test and production readiness coverage for unit, integration, and performance of your feature ownership area.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Own:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Set a high bar for technical excellence and take pride in the software you develop.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Design and build multi-component, distributed systems that operate at scale.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investigate issues with a methodical approach to identify a root cause.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Understand performance and reliability implications of design options at scale. Make related tradeoffs.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Participate in the team’s on-call rotation.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Learn:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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!</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investigate and understand ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power our mission.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deeply understand the needs of Temporal internal developers and external customers, and leverage that knowledge for product development and feature design.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Collaborate:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead and mentor fellow team members.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Participate in design reviews and contribute to design of other features.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You'll Bring</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Motivated by impact. You are driven by a desire to make positive things happen.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong opinions about tools and technology that are equally balanced by a pragmatic drive for impact.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ability to work in a self-directed manner in a fast-paced environment.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Excellent collaboration and communication skills.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Skills & Technologies</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated ability to develop horizontally scalable, resilient, and high performance distributed systems in a production environment.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience designing, implementing, deploying, and supporting large scale, geographically distributed observability and/or high throughput data streaming/processing pipelines, or similar.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Expert in one or more high-level programming languages, preferably Go.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Expert-level Kubernetes skills.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Expert-level query development skills, preferably SQL.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, preferably AWS, or GCP.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thorough understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and networking.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with best practices regarding monitoring, instrumenting, and configuring infrastructure.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Team Highlights</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Core observability tech stack: Clickhouse, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Kubernetes, <strong>Temporal.</strong></span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Our recent observability project had the biggest impact to Temporal margins of any engineering effort in company history while also unlocking unprecedented operator capabilities. </span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">“Observability is the beating heart of our ability to deliver a mission critical service” -Preeti Somal, Senior VP of Engineering.</span></li></ul></div><div><h3><strong>Compensation</strong></h3></div><div><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The estimated pay range for this role is $196,000 - $245,000 depending on qualifications and location.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.</span></li></ul></div><div class="content-conclusion"><div><em>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.</em></div><div> </div><div><em>Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded. </em></div><div> </div><div><div><strong>U.S. Benefits </strong></div><div><ul><li>Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays</li><li>100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision</li><li>AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)</li><li>Empower 401K Plan</li><li>Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!</li></ul></div></div><div><div><strong>International Benefits</strong></div><div><p>Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with <a class="postings-link" href="http://remote.com/">Remote.com</a>. 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.</p><p><strong>Travel</strong></p><p>Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.</p></div></div><div><strong>Additional Perks </strong></div><div><ul><li>$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals </li><li>$1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)</li><li>$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account</li><li>$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)</li><li>$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet</li><li>Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness</li></ul></div><div><em>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.</em></div><div> </div><div><em>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.</em></div><div> </div><div><em>We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.</em></div></div>