Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure organization. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will drive technical vision, set architecture standards, and execute complex projects across cloud compute, traffic, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the long-term architectural strategy for our multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms.
• Lead hands-on implementation for critical infrastructure projects, focusing on reliability, system automation, and performance at scale.
• Develop multi-year technical roadmaps establishing vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, security, and engineering velocity.
• Maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence.

As a technical leader, you will:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers through design reviews and code contributions.
• Maintain end-to-end technical stewardship for your systems, ensuring execution aligns with architectural vision and best practices.
• Act as a key technical advisor to Engineering Leadership and Product Management, influencing the strategic direction of Temporal Cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align architectural roadmaps and drive adoption of best practices.
• Participate and lead design reviews for projects across Infrastructure with a focus on automation, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability.
• Partner with Security to build ‘secure by default’ systems.
• Engage with key customers to understand their deep technical requirements and enable their business with platform capabilities.

Requirements:

• Graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Expert-level design and coding skills with deep knowledge of performance tuning, concurrency, and distributed systems architecture.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale public cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent technical leadership and impact,at least 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time spent operating at the Senior/Staff IC level.
• Deep experience in building and leading the development of complex distributed software systems and microservices for a cloud infrastructure organization.
• Hands-on expertise with multiple cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Compensation:

• The estimated pay range for this role is $260,000 - $325,000 depending on experience and location.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

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!