Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure Foundations

What You'll Do

Invent

• Design and build systems that optimize cloud usage and scale for global expansion.
• Contribute to system architecture and execution with a focus on distributed systems.
• Co-author roadmaps, setting the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
• Build reliable and scalable network, storage, and compute systems.
• Foster and maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence.

Own

• Develop effective partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams to ensure alignment of infrastructure goals.
• Lead design reviews for projects, with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Partner with Security to ensure infrastructure is secure by default.
• Engage directly with stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements and enable their success.

Learn

• Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal's platform to power infrastructure at scale.
• Gain insights into customer needs and translate them into infrastructure design decisions.
• Explore new technologies and approaches to enhance infrastructure reliability and scalability.

Collaborate

• Share and advocate for design principles to build reliable systems at scale.
• Mentor and grow other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
• Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps and priorities remain connected to organizational goals.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering efforts focused on cloud, compute, networking, and storage infrastructure.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.
• At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages such as Go, Java, or similar, with expertise in writing concurrent code.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems and utilizing concurrency primitives.
• Deep expertise in at least one infrastructure domain (e.g., compute, networking, storage) and familiarity with related domains.
• Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), with an understanding of how to optimize for cost, performance, and reliability.
• A passion for driving technical excellence, scalability, and operational reliability in cloud-based infrastructure.

Compensation

Estimated pay range: $212,000 - $286,000 depending on experience and location.
Eligible for equity plan.