Staff Solutions Architect

Summary

Join Temporal as a Staff Solutions Architect and become our primary customer-facing technical leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. Guide prospects and customers in understanding the suitability of their applications for Temporal’s platform, showcasing the technical advantages of our cloud service. Position Temporal against competing technologies, help customer engineering teams expand production applications, and own the technical relationship with key decision-makers. Collaborate with Account Executives, develop account plans, and manage relationships with technical decision-makers. Your expertise in distributed systems, application prototyping, and cloud platforms will be crucial to our success. This is a vital role contributing directly to Temporal's growth and market leadership.

Requirements

• Reside within the San Francisco Bay Area
• Exceptional technical communication skills, including presenting, whiteboarding, and writing
• Deep understanding of distributed system technologies, design principles, and best practices
• Proficiency in building application prototypes and providing design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one or more of Temporal’s supported languages: Java, Golang, TypeScript, Python, C# or PHP
• Firm grasp of operational considerations in production environments, such as security, reliability, performance, cost management, and operations
• Ability to provide insightful advice on architectural topics, including application patterns and platform architectures
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider and familiarity with commonly used application development and production services
• Serve as a strategic technical advisor to Sales Account Executives, assisting with scoping and sizing opportunities and offering guidance on technical fit and challenges

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with prospects to determine if their applications fit Temporal’s platform well
• Educate customers and prospects on the technical benefits and limitations of Temporal’s platform and cloud service
• Position Temporal as a leading solution against competing technologies and architectural patterns
• Foster an environment within customer engineering organizations to increase the adoption and expansion of Temporal in production environments
• Partner closely with Account Executives to develop and execute comprehensive account plans
• Manage and nurture relationships with technical decision-makers within customer organizations, ensuring they fully leverage Temporal’s capabilities

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
• $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