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Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Foundations

United States 180000.00 - 225000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted December 12, 2025
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The Temporal Cloud Foundations group is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep experience building reliable and scalable distributed systems in production. In this role, you’ll lead the design, development, and improvement of the infrastructure that powers the Temporal Cloud Platform. You’ll partner closely with teammates and cross-functional stakeholders to drive architecture, guide technical trade-offs, and operate services that support our customers at scale. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of our platform while gaining deep expertise with the Temporal open source server and our cloud services. This role is ideal for engineers who are highly technical, collaborative, and eager to take ownership in building infrastructure for a hyper-growth company.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead the design and implementation of features for our Cloud Operational API, Temporal Workflows, Enterprise Features, and data pipelines
  • Drive architectural discussions, setting direction for the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our services
  • Build and advocate for a strong developer experience for Temporal Cloud customers
  • Make and communicate practical technical trade-offs that balance customer needs, reliability, and system performance
  • Take ownership across the lifecycle of services—from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and operations
  • Improve and scale our tools (operational tools, CI/CD, deployment systems), processes, and engineering practices
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers on the team, raising the overall technical bar

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • At least 3 years working on scalable distributed systems in production
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (consensus, concurrency, fault tolerance, multi-threading)
  • Proficiency in writing concurrent code in a language like Go, Java, or similar
  • Demonstrated experience designing and operating production systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Track record of driving projects from concept through design, implementation, launch, and ongoing operations
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in small, collaborative, high-ownership teams
  • Experience mentoring or leading engineers
  • Experience contributing to architectural decisions

Nice to have

  • Experience optimizing and tuning distributed systems for performance and cost efficiency
  • Prior exposure to building components of cloud control planes or enterprise-scale infrastructure
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and modern cloud-native tooling
  • Contributions to open source distributed systems or infrastructure projects

What we offer

  • 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
  • Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend
  • $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 company-issued equipment)
  • $500 / Year Professional Memberships
  • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
  • Eligibility to participate in Temporal’s equity plan
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