Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Developer

Summary

Join Temporal's Cloud Engineering group as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to building and enhancing our reliable and scalable Cloud Platform. You will drive the architecture, design, and implementation of our Cloud Operational API, SDK, Terraform & CLI services and systems, focusing on creating a great customer experience. This role demands 4+ years of experience in developing globally distributed cloud services platforms and strong coding skills. You will work autonomously, collaborate effectively, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement. Temporal offers a competitive salary, equity plan, and comprehensive benefits including unlimited PTO, full health insurance coverage, 401k, and various additional perks for learning and development, lifestyle spending, and home office setup.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience developing a globally distributed cloud services platform
• 4+ years of coding experience (Go, Java/Scala, Python, or other applicable languages)
• Customer obsession, ability to articulate and represent customer experience in various forums to drive the right outcome
• Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial
• Strong communication skills and a desire to make an impact and thrive in small, collaborative, energetic teams
• Capable of operating from conception through the continuous operation of 24x7 services. Ideally, you have experience in a production DevOps environment

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of our Cloud Operational API, SDK, Terraform & CLI services and systems
• Build a great customer experience for Temporal Cloud developers using our infrastructure
• Develop and execute against both short-term and long-term roadmaps, make effective technical trade-offs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Proactively identifying opportunities for and driving improvements to current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades
• Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to write high quality code (in programming languages like Go, Java, C/C++ etc.)
• Experience optimizing the end to end performance of distributed systems
• Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production

Benefits

• The estimated pay range for this role is $150,000 - $210,000, depending on qualifications and location
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan
• 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!
• 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
• $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