Staff Developer Advocate

Summary

Join Temporal Technologies as a Staff Developer Advocate in NYC and become the voice of our developer community. You will create high-quality technical content, engage with developers, and gather feedback to improve our products. This role involves building AI-focused sample applications, participating in developer events, and collaborating with various teams. You will actively engage with the community through in-person and digital channels. Your expertise in distributed systems and mentorship will be crucial. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• MUST reside in the NYC area
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Experience: 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a strong focus on distributed systems
• Mentorship Skills: Experience mentoring others in a formal capacity, volunteer or otherwise
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in one or more of our SDK languages, distributed systems, state management, and workflow execution

Responsibilities

• Build Apps: Architect and develop AI-focused sample applications that developers can use and explore to understand Temporal’s place in the AI ecosystem
• Event Participation: Support and participate in local developer events and conferences in the AI space, especially in San Francisco, with occasional travel
• Create Technical Content: Produce high-quality technical content such as blog posts, tutorials, guides, diagrams, and videos targeted at AI developers around the “agentic backend”
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with developer relations, engineering and marketing teams to ensure consistent, high-quality content and community engagement
• Community Engagement: Actively engage with the local developer community and represent Temporal through in-person events, as well as digital channels such as our Community Slack, forums, and social media
• Feedback Loop: Gather feedback from the community to influence product development and improve developer experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a developer advocate or relations role; building and engaging developer communities is a plus
• Strong existing local network of developers. We will prioritize candidates with an existing track record of speaking and engaging in their local developer communities

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!
• 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