Staff Software Engineer, DevProd (Infrastructure Observability)

Job Summary

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Team with a focus on Observability, both internal and customer-facing. As part of this mission-critical engineering team, you will drive the productivity and reliability of Temporal's developers and core platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle, including goal and requirement solicitation, design and review, implementation, operationalization and deployment, support and maintenance.
• Lead feature design, review with stakeholders, iterate to incorporate feedback, and drive consensus.
• Document design choices and operational knowledge for successful deployment and management of developed software.
• Ensure appropriate test and production readiness coverage for unit, integration, and performance of your feature ownership area.
• Set a high bar for technical excellence and take pride in the software you develop.
• Design and build multi-component, distributed systems that operate at scale.
• Investigate issues methodically to identify root causes.
• Understand performance and reliability implications of design options at scale and make related trade-offs.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of architecture and services of assigned domain and strong command over all aspects of the Temporal ecosystem.
• Investigate and understand ways to leverage Temporal's own software to power the mission.
• Deeply understand the needs of Temporal internal developers and external customers, and leverage that knowledge for product development and feature design.
• Lead and mentor fellow team members.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to the design of other features.
• Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.

Requirements

• User-first mindset with excitement about empowering others through tooling.
• Motivated by impact and driven by a desire to make positive things happen.
• Strong opinions about tools and technology balanced by a pragmatic drive for impact.
• Ability to work in a self-directed manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop horizontally scalable, resilient, and high-performance distributed systems in a production environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, deploying, and supporting large-scale observability and/or high-throughput data streaming/processing pipelines.
• Expertise in one or more high-level programming languages, preferably Go.
• Expert-level Kubernetes skills.
• Expert-level query development skills, preferably SQL.
• Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, preferably AWS or GCP.
• Thorough understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and networking.
• Familiarity with best practices regarding monitoring, instrumenting, and configuring infrastructure.

Benefits

• Estimated pay range: $212,000 - $286,200 depending on qualifications and location.
• Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
• U.S. Benefits include unlimited PTO, 12 holidays + 2 floating holidays, 100% premiums coverage for medical, dental, and vision, AD&D, LT & ST disability, life insurance, Empower 401K plan, and additional perks.
• International benefits vary by country.

Additional Perks

• $3,600/year work-from-home meals.
• $1,800/year professional enrichment.
• $1,200/year lifestyle spending account.
• $1,000/year in-home office setup.
• $74/month reimbursement for internet.
• Calm app subscription for mental health and wellness.