Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

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About Us 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. Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble. Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you! Summary We have an opening for a Senior Staff Software Engineer in our Infrastructure organization focused on driving technical vision, setting architecture standards, and executing complex, high-leverage projects across cloud compute, traffic, security, and reliability.The high-impact role will broadly own the technical design and implementation of systems powering Temporal Cloud. You should be comfortable leading technical discussions with stakeholders, engaging with strategic customers, working effectively with executives, engineering leadership, and individual contributors across multiple teams. You are motivated to mentor and elevate the engineering bar and have a proven track record of deep technical impact. Invent: 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. Multi-year technical roadmaps establishing vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, security, and engineering velocity. Maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence. Own: Technical leadership and mentorship of engineers through design reviews and code contributions—you define the technical direction and eliminate architectural barriers to execution. 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. Cross-team collaboration to align architectural roadmaps and drive adoption of best practices. Participation and leadership in design reviews for projects across Infrastructure (Developer Productivity) with a focus on automation, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability. Partnering with Security to build ‘secure by default’ systems. Engaging with key customers to help understand their deep technical requirements and enable their business with platform capabilities. The reliability of systems under your technical ownership. Ensuring team members have clarity on the technical vision, priorities, and the tools and processes needed to meet shipping deadlines. Teach: Design principles for building reliable, secure, and scalable systems. Grow others via technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and driving the engineering excellence bar. Learn: Ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power infrastructure at scale. Customer needs that drive infrastructure design and architectural decisions. What You bring to us: 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. Superior collaboration skills and experience driving technical alignment across an organization and drafting long-term technical roadmaps. Excellent oral and written communication skills and a willingness to communicate complex solutions and results to all levels of the organization. Compensation: The estimated pay range for this role is $260,000 - $312,000 depending on experience and location. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan. Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process. Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded. U.S. 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, Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more! International Benefits Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com . Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness. Travel Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be req