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Staff Solutions Architect

250k – 300kUnited StatesRemote7+ YOE
Summary

Act as a strategic technical advisor partnering with sales to evaluate customer fit, deliver architectural guidance, and drive adoption of Temporal’s workflow platform. Requires deep distributed systems expertise and proficiency in at least one supported language.

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate with prospects to determine if their applications fit Temporal’s platform well.
  • Educate customers and prospects on the technical benefits and limitations of Temporal’s platform and cloud service.
  • Position Temporal as a leading solution against competing technologies and architectural patterns.
  • Foster an environment within customer engineering organizations to increase the adoption and expansion of Temporal in production environments.
  • Partner closely with Account Executives to develop and execute comprehensive account plans.
  • Manage and nurture relationships with technical decision-makers within customer organizations, ensuring they fully leverage Temporal’s capabilities.

What You’ll Bring

  • Reside within the Mountain or Pacific time zones.
  • Exceptional technical communication skills, including presenting, whiteboarding, and writing.
  • Deep understanding of distributed system technologies, design principles, and best practices.
  • Proficiency in building application prototypes and providing design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one or more of Temporal’s supported languages: Java, Golang, TypeScript, Python, C# or PHP.
  • Firm grasp of operational considerations in production environments, such as security, reliability, performance, cost management, and operations.
  • Ability to provide insightful advice on architectural topics, including application patterns and platform architectures.
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider and familiarity with commonly used application development and production services.
  • Serve as a strategic technical advisor to Sales Account Executives, assisting with scoping and sizing opportunities and offering guidance on technical fit and challenges.

Compensation

  • Estimated pay range: $250,000 - $300,000 (base salary and variable with 70/30 split).
  • Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays.
  • 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision.
  • AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance.
  • Empower 401K Plan.
  • Additional perks: Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend.
Skills
JavaGolangTypeScriptPythonC#PHPDistributed SystemsCloud PlatformsApplication ArchitectureTechnical Communication
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