Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Temporal's Cloud Capacity team as a Staff Engineer and lead impactful initiatives to build systems that intelligently manage and forecast resource needs. You will drive the technical vision and roadmap for Temporal’s Cloud Capacity systems, design and implement infrastructure for resource utilization tracking and forecasting, and develop a resource manager that optimizes infrastructure efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to inform business-critical decisions and guide long-term strategy for intelligent autoscaling and predictable performance. This role requires proven experience in large-scale infrastructure efforts, strong product and operational intuition, and a track record of designing distributed systems. You'll need exceptional collaboration and communication skills to influence stakeholders and align them on complex infrastructure problems. The compensation range is $170,000 - $250,000, plus equity.

Requirements

• Proven experience contributing to large-scale infrastructure efforts spanning cloud compute, storage, and networking systems
• Strong product and operational intuition around managing cloud costs, utilization tracking, and workload forecasting
• A track record of designing distributed systems and services in a production cloud environment (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes) and the surrounding ecosystem
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills—you influence through clarity, and you bring others along for the journey
• Comfortable aligning cross-functional stakeholders on complex infrastructure problems, including executives and finance partners
• 10+ years of experience building production software using Go, Java, or similar languages

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and roadmap for Temporal’s Cloud Capacity systems in partnership with engineering and product leadership
• Design and implement infrastructure to track resource utilization, forecast consumption, and support automated capacity planning at scale
• Lead development of a resource manager that optimizes infrastructure efficiency based on usage trends, cost insights, and evolving customer needs
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Cloud Infrastructure, and Finance to inform business-critical decisions around provisioning, pricing, and scaling
• Guide long-term strategy to support intelligent autoscaling, workload isolation, and predictable performance in a multi-tenant cloud environment

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