<div class="content-intro"><div><strong>Who We Are</strong></div><div> </div><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. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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!</div></div><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are seeking a <strong>Staff Software Engineer</strong> to join our Infrastructure Foundations team, where you will play a key role in driving the technical strategy, execution, and leadership of projects across traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration. This is an exciting opportunity to significantly impact the scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of Temporal’s networking infrastructure, while also mentoring and guiding the team.</span></p><h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You'll Do</strong></span></h3><h4><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Invent</strong></span></h4><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead the design and development of systems that optimize network traffic and scale for global expansion.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drive architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Co-author long-term technical roadmaps that set the vision for network scalability, performance, and engineering velocity.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Set the standard for a culture of engineering and operational excellence.</span></li></ul><h4><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Own</strong></span></h4><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build and nurture effective partnerships across engineering, product, and security teams to align on network infrastructure goals.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead and conduct design reviews for critical projects with a focus on system-level tradeoffs and network scalability.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drive the design and implementation of “secure by default” network systems in collaboration with security teams.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Act as a key stakeholder by engaging with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements and deliver innovative solutions.</span></li></ul><h4><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Learn</strong></span></h4><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal’s software to build and scale networking infrastructure.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Gather insights into customer needs and incorporate them into technical decision-making for traffic management and networking strategies.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stay at the forefront of technology advancements in traffic management, networking, and cloud orchestration.</span></li></ul><h4><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Collaborate</strong></span></h4><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mentor and guide engineers, sharing best practices and design principles for building reliable and scalable networking systems.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps are cohesive and deliverables are on track.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Foster a collaborative and growth-oriented environment, helping others improve while continuing to expand your own expertise.</span><br><br></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You'll Bring</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proven experience leading complex engineering efforts focused on network traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">At least <strong>8+ years</strong> of coding experience in languages like Go, Java, or similar, with strong expertise in writing concurrent and distributed code.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, leveraging concurrency primitives, and optimizing network performance.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deep expertise in traffic and networking systems, with familiarity across adjacent infrastructure domains.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and the ability to optimize cost, performance, and scalability.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;">A strong sense of ownership and the ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Compensation</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The estimated pay range for this role is $170,000 - $250,000.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.</span></li></ul><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><ul><li>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.</li></ul></div></div><div><strong>Additional Perks </strong></div><div><ul><li>$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals </li><li>$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning</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>$500 / Year Professional Memberships</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>