Description
Job Description
Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.
Summary
As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Test Systems & Tooling team, you will lead a team responsible for building the shared systems, environments, and tooling that enable Temporal engineers to validate the platform under production-like and adverse conditions. You’ll help ensure system-level testing gaps don’t fall through organisational boundaries by driving cross-team alignment, clear ownership, and measurable improvements in pre-production confidence.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Test Systems & Tooling team: Hire, coach, and develop engineers building shared testing capabilities used across Engineering.
- Make production-like testing practical: Improve the ability for engineers to create test environments that resemble production topology, configuration, scale, and behaviour.
- Enable production-representative workload testing: Build or evolve capabilities such as workload replay, realistic workload generation, multi-tenant testing, load testing, and stress testing.
- Drive failure-mode validation: Establish repeatable ways to test Temporal through real failure conditions.
- Create shared frameworks and guidance: Provide opinionated testing frameworks, patterns, and tooling.
- Own system-level coverage outcomes: Identify critical system-level scenarios that need explicit coverage.
- Collaborate across org boundaries: Partner closely with Cloud/Infrastructure, Reliability, Release Engineering, and product teams.
Requirements
- Experience managing and developing a high-performing engineering team.
- Strong technical background building or operating reliable distributed systems.
- Track record delivering internal platforms/tooling adopted by many teams.
- Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces.
- Ability to define and drive measurable outcomes.
Nice to Have
- Experience with large-scale testing practices.
- Experience partnering with Release Engineering or CI/CD platform teams.
- Familiarity with observability and incident response practices.
Compensation
- The estimated pay range for this role is $268,000 - $351,750 depending on experience and location.
- 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
- Empower 401K Plan
- Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!