# Staff Software Engineer, Nexus SDK

**Company:** [Temporal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/temporal)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $176k – $237k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Concurrency, Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, .Net, API Design, Sdk Development, Open Source
**Posted:** 2026-07-07

> Staff Software Engineer building and enhancing Temporal's Nexus SDK interfaces for multiple languages. Requires 7+ years building highly scalable distributed systems with strong concurrency expertise and experience designing APIs or open source libraries.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with others in the Nexus and OSS teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience.
- Design and build Nexus interfaces for the Temporal SDKs used by customers to work with Temporal in their programming language of choice.
- Tightly integrate Temporal SDKs with their respective languages, making best use of type systems and language runtimes, to execute application code in a durable, deterministic way.
- Develop features that provide a foundation for the reliable execution of the current wave of agentic AI systems.
- Work directly with our community to debug issues that need expert attention, and get feedback on Temporal SDK features and APIs.
- Write publicly-readable technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs.
- Travel to meet your coworkers for a week once or twice a year.

## What You'll Bring
- At least 7 years of experience in a production environment as an "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer" of highly scalable distributed systems.
- Solid computer science fundamentals in distributed systems concepts including multi-threading and concurrency.
- Experience writing concurrent code in production with languages like Go, Java, Python, Typescript, .NET or other applicable languages with skill level as "high end of Intermediate" and/or "Advanced" or "Expert" levels.
- Experience designing APIs, SDK libraries or working with Open Source Systems.

## Compensation
The estimated pay range for this role is $176,000 - $237,000 depending on experience and location. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

**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, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

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