We have an opening for a Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer in our Infrastructure team focused on driving technical strategy, alignment and execution of projects across compute, networking, cloud orchestration, and observability. This is an opportunity to join an engineering team focused on improving the scalability and reliability of Temporal’s core infrastructure.
In this role, you will be the SME and build critical systems to identify and reduce costs as we optimize for scale in the cloud.
Invent
Build systems that optimize cloud use and scale for expansion.
Contribute to system architecture and execution.
Co-author roadmaps establishing the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
Continue to maintain and foster a culture of engineering and operational excellence.
Own
Develop effective partnerships across engineering and product teams.
Collaborate across teams to keep roadmaps aligned.
Perform design reviews for multiple projects with a focus on infrastructure scalability and reliability.
Partner with Security to build ‘secure by default’ systems.
Engage with stakeholders and customers to help understand their requirements and enable their business.
Learn
Investigate and understand the ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power infrastructure at scale.
Get educated as to Temporal's customer needs that drive infrastructure design decisions.
Collaborate
Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.
Learn and help others get better while you grow.
Experience contributing to complex cross-team engineering efforts focused on cloud, compute, networking and storage infrastructure.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
You are comfortable driving alignment across an organization and contributing to long-term roadmaps.
Demonstrated ability to make system-level tradeoffs.
At least 10 years coding experience (Go, Java, or other applicable language) and experience writing concurrent code.
Experience designing distributed systems and using concurrency primitives.
Deep experience in at least one infrastructure and familiarity with adjacencies.
Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
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.
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Skills Required
- At least 10 years of coding experience
- Proficiency in Go, Java, or another applicable programming language
- Experience writing concurrent code and using concurrency primitives
- Experience designing distributed systems
- Experience contributing to complex cross-team engineering efforts involving cloud, compute, networking, or storage infrastructure
- Deep experience in at least one infrastructure area and familiarity with adjacent areas
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Ability to make system-level tradeoffs
- Ability to drive organizational alignment and contribute to long-term roadmaps
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Temporal Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as 100% employer-paid for medical, dental, and vision, with AD&D, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance included. Feedback suggests this breadth and cost coverage is a strong differentiator for a remote-first employer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes unlimited PTO alongside 12 standard holidays and 2 floating holidays. Feedback suggests this structure supports rest and recharge across teams.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and remote-work support include a home office stipend, internet reimbursement, WFH meals, Calm app access, a lifestyle spending account, and learning/professional membership budgets. Feedback suggests these perks enhance overall total rewards beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Temporal develops and distributes the world's leading open source durable execution system. We make code fault tolerant, durable and simple. Innovative companies like Datadog, Glovo, Indeed, Netflix, Qualtrics, Remitly, Snap and Yum! Brands build their services and applications with Temporal to make them reliable to run, productive to enhance and easy to troubleshoot and repair. More than a decade in the making, Temporal is powered by veterans behind some of the industry's most loved systems technologies, programming frameworks and open source communities as well as investors like Amplify Partners, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures.
