Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. This role focuses on driving technical strategy, execution, and leadership of projects across compute, networking, and cloud orchestration. You will contribute to the scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of Temporal’s core infrastructure while influencing the long-term direction of the platform.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build systems that optimize cloud usage and scale for global expansion.
- Contribute to system architecture and execution with a focus on distributed systems.
- Co-author roadmaps, setting the vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and engineering velocity.
- Build reliable and scalable network, storage, and compute systems.
- Foster and maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence.
- Develop effective partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams.
- Lead design reviews for projects, focusing on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Partner with Security to ensure infrastructure is secure by default.
- Engage directly with stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements.
- Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal’s platform to power infrastructure at scale.
- Gain insights into customer needs and translate them into infrastructure design decisions.
- Explore new technologies and approaches to enhance infrastructure reliability and scalability.
- Share and advocate for design principles to build reliable systems at scale.
- Mentor and grow other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
- Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps and priorities remain connected to organizational goals.

Requirements:
- Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering efforts in cloud, compute, networking, and storage infrastructure.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills to drive alignment across diverse teams.
- A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.
- At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages such as Go, Java, or similar, with expertise in writing concurrent code.
- Strong experience designing distributed systems and utilizing concurrency primitives.
- Deep expertise in at least one infrastructure domain (compute, networking, storage) and familiarity with related domains.
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), understanding cost, performance, and reliability.
- A passion for driving technical excellence, scalability, and operational reliability in cloud-based infrastructure.

Compensation: $170,000 - $250,000 with equity participation. Benefits include 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 for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!