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Staff Solutions Architect, Growth

250k – 300kChicago, ILDallas, TXAustin, TXSolutions ArchitectureRemote7+ YOE
Summary

Act as a strategic technical advisor partnering with sales to help prospects adopt 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 at customer organizations to ensure they fully leverage Temporal’s capabilities.

What You’ll Bring

  • Reside within the Central Time Zone with Chicago, Dallas, or Austin preferred.
  • 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

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $250,000 - $300,000 (total compensation, including base salary and variable with a 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
  • $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
  • $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment
  • $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
  • $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup
  • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
Skills
JavaGolangTypeScriptPythonC#PHPDistributed SystemsCloud PlatformsApplication ArchitectureTechnical Communication
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