# Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Foundations

**Company:** [Temporal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/temporal)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $176k – $238k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, Distributed Systems, Concurrency, Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, storage infrastructure, compute infrastructure, System Architecture, Temporal
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Build and scale reliable cloud infrastructure systems, shape long-term architecture and roadmaps, and drive cross-functional alignment. The role requires 10+ years of coding experience, distributed-systems and concurrency expertise, deep infrastructure experience, and hands-on cloud-provider experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Invent
- Build systems that optimize cloud use and scale for expansion.
- Contribute to system architecture and execution.
- Co-author roadmaps establishing the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
- Maintain and foster a culture of engineering and operational excellence.

### Own
- Develop effective partnerships across engineering and product teams.
- Collaborate across teams to keep roadmaps aligned.
- Perform design reviews for multiple projects, focusing on infrastructure scalability and reliability.
- Partner with Security to build **secure-by-default** systems.
- Engage with stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements and enable their business.

### Learn
- Investigate how to best leverage Temporal’s software to power infrastructure at scale.
- Understand customer needs that drive infrastructure design decisions.

### Collaborate
- Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.
- Help others improve while continuing to grow professionally.

## Requirements
- Experience contributing to complex, cross-team engineering efforts focused on cloud, compute, networking, and storage infrastructure.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Ability to drive alignment across an organization and contribute to long-term roadmaps.
- Demonstrated ability to make system-level tradeoffs.
- At least 10 years of coding experience using Go, Java, or another applicable language, including experience writing concurrent code.
- Experience designing distributed systems and using concurrency primitives.
- Deep experience in at least one infrastructure domain and familiarity with adjacent domains.
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Estimated pay range: **$176,000–$237,600**.
- Eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.
- Unlimited PTO, 12 holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
- 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- AD&D, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Empower 401(k) plan.
- Additional perks for learning and development, lifestyle spending, home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, internet stipend, and more.
- Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other in-person opportunities.

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