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TemporalTemporalUnited States

Staff Developer Advocate, Enterprise

Delivers on-site technical workshops (Temporal DevDays), webinars, and content to enable enterprise engineering teams on Temporal platform. Requires 7+ years software engineering in distributed systems, proficiency in Temporal SDKs (Python, Go, Java, TypeScript), and comfort with 50% travel.

190k – 240k
Remote7+ YOEDeveloper Relations

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Travel to enterprise customer sites (approximately 50% of the time) to deliver Temporal DevDays, our flagship on-site technical enablement program, tailored to each account's use cases, architecture, and adoption stage
  • Prepare and deliver hands-on labs, architectural walkthroughs, and workshop sessions that help enterprise engineering teams build confidently on Temporal
  • Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Account Executives, and Customer Success to scope and prepare for each engagement and ensure strong outcomes
  • Contribute sample applications, lab exercises, and reusable content back to the shared DevDays content library
  • Deliver train-the-trainer sessions where appropriate
  • Host semi-regular enterprise office hours
  • Deliver webinars on enterprise-relevant topics, including complex workflow patterns, AI-powered agentic backends, observability, scalability, and platform integrations
  • Partner with the DevDays program owner, DevRel, and field teams to identify topics and formats that matter most to enterprise audiences
  • Speak at and attend industry conferences, enterprise developer events, and meetups relevant to the enterprise engineering community
  • Produce technical content — blog posts, tutorials, architectural guides, diagrams, and videos
  • Gather structured feedback from DevDays sessions, office hours, and enterprise engagements to surface product gaps, developer experience friction, and adoption blockers

What You'll Bring

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on distributed systems
  • Proficiency in one or more Temporal SDK languages (Python, Go, Java, TypeScript), with strong working knowledge of distributed systems, state management, and workflow execution concepts
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical workshops, hands-on labs, or enablement sessions for senior engineering audiences
  • Experience engaging directly with enterprise engineering organizations, with an understanding of how large teams adopt and scale developer tooling
  • Experience mentoring others in a formal or informal capacity
  • Comfort with approximately 50% travel, domestic and international

Nice to Have

  • Prior experience in a Developer Relations, Solutions Architect, or Solutions Engineering role, especially in an enterprise or field-facing capacity
  • Experience delivering enterprise hackathons, on-site enablement sessions, or structured technical workshops
  • Familiarity with Temporal Cloud and advanced Temporal patterns, including AI/agentic backends, LLM orchestration, Nexus, and saga
  • Existing relationships in enterprise engineering communities or with platform and partner ecosystems
  • Track record of speaking at technical conferences or leading workshops for enterprise engineering teams

Compensation

Estimated pay range: $190,000 - $240,000. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

Skills

PythonGoJavaTypeScriptTemporalDistributed SystemsTemporal CloudAi/Agentic BackendsLlm OrchestrationWorkshops

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