Senior Staff Software Engineer

### Who you are
- You should be comfortable leading technical discussions with stakeholders, engaging with strategic customers, working effectively with executives, engineering leadership, and individual contributors across multiple teams
- You are motivated to mentor and elevate the engineering bar and have a proven track record of deep technical impact
- Graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Expert-level design and coding skills with deep knowledge of performance tuning, concurrency, and distributed systems architecture
- Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale public cloud infrastructure
- Excellent technical leadership and impact—at least 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time spent operating at the Senior/Staff IC level
- Deep experience in building and leading the development of complex distributed software systems and microservices for a cloud infrastructure organization
- Hands-on expertise with multiple cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Superior collaboration skills and experience driving technical alignment across an organization and drafting long-term technical roadmaps
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and a willingness to communicate complex solutions and results to all levels of the organization

### What the job involves
- We have an opening for a Senior Staff Software Engineer in our Infrastructure organization focused on driving technical vision, setting architecture standards, and executing complex, high-leverage projects across cloud compute, traffic, security, and reliability
- The high-impact role will broadly own the technical design and implementation of systems powering Temporal Cloud
- Invent:
- Define and execute the long-term architectural strategy for our multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms
- Lead hands-on implementation for critical infrastructure projects, focusing on reliability, system automation and performance at scale
- Multi-year technical roadmaps establishing vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, security, and engineering velocity
- Maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence
- Own:
- Technical leadership and mentorship of engineers through design reviews and code contributions—you define the technical direction and eliminate architectural barriers to execution
- Maintain end-to-end technical stewardship for your systems, ensuring execution aligns with architectural vision and best practices
- Act as a key technical advisor to Engineering Leadership and Product Management, influencing the strategic direction of Temporal Cloud infrastructure
- Cross-team collaboration to align architectural roadmaps and drive adoption of best practices
- Participation and leadership in design reviews for projects across Infrastructure (Developer Productivity) with a focus on automation, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability
- Partnering with Security to build ‘secure by default’ systems
- Engaging with key customers to help understand their deep technical requirements and enable their business with platform capabilities
- The reliability of systems under your technical ownership
- Ensuring team members have clarity on the technical vision, priorities, and the tools and processes needed to meet shipping deadlines
- Teach:
- Design principles for building reliable, secure, and scalable systems
- Grow others via technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and driving the engineering excellence bar
- Learn:
- Ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power infrastructure at scale
- Customer needs that drive infrastructure design and architectural decisions

### Benefits
- Remote-First Workforce: We embrace a remote-first culture with flexible schedules, allowing you to balance work and life on your terms. Work from your home office or one of 150+ WeWork locations worldwide. If there’s no WeWork near you, we cover alternative co-working spaces. Plus, our Travel to Coworking stipend supports your commute with coverage for public transport, ride-sharing, or parking expenses.
- Flexible Time Off: Employee wellness is key to our success. We encourage you to take the time you need to maintain balance and stay refreshed — whether it's for recovery, vacation, or personal time. In addition to unlimited flexible time off, we offer 12 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays (US).
- Medical, Dental & Vision: We provide comprehensive healthcare benefits from day one, covering 100% of premiums for you and your family. You can choose between a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) or a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan, with dental (including orthodontics) and full vision coverage. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are available, with employer contributions to HSA plans.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan: Planning for your future is important, and our 401(k) plan helps you build a secure financial foundation. With a range of investment options and the flexibility to contribute pre-tax or after-tax income, we make saving simple.
- Disability & Life Insurance Coverage: Our disability and life insurance ensure financial security for you and your loved ones during life’s uncertainties, from illness to injury or unexpected loss. Coverage begins on day one, with 100% of premiums covered for peace of mind.
- Paid Parental Leave: We support your family at every stage. Birth parents receive up to 20 weeks of fully paid leave, and non-birth parents up to 12 weeks. We also offer comprehensive support throughout your fertility planning journey.
- Remote Office Perks: While we provide you with the basics, enjoy a home office stipend to build up your workspace ($1,000/year), an internet stipend to ensure connectivity ($74/month), and reimbursements for work-from-home meals ($300/month).
- Health & Wellness Perks: Take advantage of a lifestyle spending account ($1,200/year), free access to the Calm app, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) offering personalized support, therapy, and other resources.
- Learning & Development Perks: Invest in your growth with a learning and development stipend ($1,500/year) for courses and certifications, and a professional membership stipend ($500/year) to deepen your industry involvement.