# Senior Software Engineer, Builder Tools
**Company:** [Temporal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/temporal)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $188K-$254K
**Skills:** Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, Ai Agentic Coding Tools, Codex, Claude Code, Github Automation, Cli Tools
**Posted:** 2026-04-30
> Builds and maintains internal engineering tooling, AI agents, and developer workflows to enhance productivity across teams. Requires strong software fundamentals, proficiency in Go/TypeScript/Python/Java, and experience with agentic coding tools like Codex and Claude.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

- Build and maintain internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.
- Provide guidance, best practices, and automation to support adoption of AI agentic coding tools.
- Develop and operate internally facing agents.
- Implement and improve developer workflows, including guardrails, evaluation approaches, and guidance that enables safe adoption of new tooling.
- Own development and operation of our internal agent platform.
- Partner with teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to understand where AI could accelerate their work or improve the quality of outcomes.
- Build measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to quantify impact and guide iteration.
- Own documentation and enablement materials that help builders succeed using the paved roads.
- Participate in on-call to support internal users.

## What You’ll Bring

- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience shipping and operating production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling.
- Experience leveraging modern agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code.
- **Proficiency in one or more programming languages** commonly used at Temporal, such as **Go**, **TypeScript/JavaScript**, **Python**, or **Java**.
- Experience building workflow automation or internal tools (CLI tools, services, GitHub automation, cloud automation, or similar).
- Strong judgment about when to standardize versus when to enable flexibility, and how to remove friction without compromising reliability.
- Comfort working cross-functionally, including partnering with non-traditional developers and translating needs into usable solutions.
- Ability to use data and qualitative feedback together to prioritize and measure impact.
- Clear written communication, including documentation that enables self-service.

## Nice to Haves

- Experience building internal agents and operating an agent platform
- Familiarity with developer productivity measurement frameworks such as **SPACE** and **DORA** metrics.

## Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is **$188,000 - $253,800**, depending on experience and location.
Equity Options - Eligible for stock options as part of Temporal’s equity plan
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