Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Designs and implements large-scale public cloud infrastructure, builds complex distributed systems and microservices. Requires 10+ years experience, expert skills in performance tuning, concurrency, multiple cloud providers like AWS/GCP/Azure, and graduate degree or equivalent.
About the job
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.
- 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
- Estimated pay range: $260,000 - $325,000 depending on experience and location.
- Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
Skills
Distributed Systems, Microservices, AWS, GCP, Azure, Performance Tuning, Concurrency, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Go
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