Staff Software Engineer, Traffic

Responsibilities

Invent

• Lead the design and development of systems that optimize network traffic and scale for global expansion.
• Drive architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Co-author long-term technical roadmaps for network scalability, performance, and engineering velocity.
• Set the standard for engineering and operational excellence.

Own

• Build partnerships across engineering, product, and security teams to align on network infrastructure goals.
• Lead design reviews for critical projects, focusing on system-level tradeoffs and network scalability.
• Drive the design and implementation of secure-by-default network systems with security teams.
• Engage with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements and deliver solutions.

Learn

• Leverage Temporal software to build and scale networking infrastructure.
• Gather customer insights and incorporate them into technical decisions for traffic management and networking strategies.
• Stay current with advances in traffic management, networking, and cloud orchestration.

Collaborate

• Mentor and guide engineers on best practices and design principles for reliable, scalable networking systems.
• Drive alignment across teams and ensure roadmaps and deliverables remain on track.
• Foster a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Requirements

• Experience leading complex engineering efforts focused on network traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, including cross-functional leadership.
• Experience contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making system-level tradeoffs.
• At least 8+ years of coding experience in Go, Java, or similar languages.
• Strong expertise writing concurrent and distributed code.
• Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems.
• Experience with concurrency primitives and network performance optimization.
• Deep expertise in traffic and networking systems.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Ability to optimize cost, performance, and scalability.
• Strong ownership and ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals.

Compensation and Benefits

• Estimated pay range: $212,000–$280,000.
• Eligibility 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, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Empower 401(k) plan.
• Learning and development, lifestyle spending, home office setup, professional membership, work-from-home meals, internet stipend, and other perks.
• International benefits vary by country and are provided in partnership with Remote.com.
• Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other in-person gatherings.