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Staff Software Engineer, Release Engineering

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join Temporal’s Release Engineering ...

Location

Canada

Salary:

185000.00 - 248000.00 CAD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

A strong sense of ownership and pride in delivering systems that make releases seamless and reliable
Motivation to automate repetitive processes and deliver operational simplicity
Experience building or operating release engineering, build, or deployment systems at scale
Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance safety, velocity, and maintainability
Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Experience developing scalable, distributed systems in production environments
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages, ideally Go
Familiarity with Temporal or other workflow orchestration systems strongly preferred
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments

Job Responsibility

Lead the full Software Development Lifecycle from requirements and design to implementation, deployment, and long-term operation
Design and build automation systems that orchestrate every step of the release process using Temporal
Develop and maintain build tooling, deployment workflows, and release infrastructure that ensure consistency and safety at scale
Deliver reliable hotfix and scheduled release workflows that minimize risk and eliminate manual coordination
Document system design and operational procedures to enable clarity, reuse, and maintainability
Take full ownership of the systems you build, ensuring they are scalable, dependable, and easy to operate
Define and uphold high standards of technical excellence and reliability
Operate production-grade systems and participate in the team’s on-call rotation as needed
Continuously improve automation, release cadence, and feedback loops to reduce friction and human involvement
Explore new ways to use Temporal to power the release and deployment lifecycle

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com
Additional perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer, Release Engineering

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join Temporal’s Release Engineering ...

Location

United States

Salary:

180000.00 - 225000.00 USD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

A strong sense of ownership and pride in delivering systems that make releases seamless and reliable
Motivation to automate repetitive processes and deliver operational simplicity
Experience building or operating release engineering, build, or deployment systems at scale
Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance safety, velocity, and maintainability
Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Experience developing scalable, distributed systems in production environments
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages, ideally Go
Familiarity with Temporal or other workflow orchestration systems strongly preferred
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments

Job Responsibility

Lead the full Software Development Lifecycle from requirements and design to implementation, deployment, and long-term operation
Design and build automation systems that orchestrate every step of the release process using Temporal
Develop and maintain build tooling, deployment workflows, and release infrastructure that ensure consistency and safety at scale
Deliver reliable hotfix and scheduled release workflows that minimize risk and eliminate manual coordination
Document system design and operational procedures to enable clarity, reuse, and maintainability
Take full ownership of the systems you build, ensuring they are scalable, dependable, and easy to operate
Define and uphold high standards of technical excellence and reliability
Operate production-grade systems and participate in the team’s on-call rotation as needed
Continuously improve automation, release cadence, and feedback loops to reduce friction and human involvement
Explore new ways to use Temporal to power the release and deployment lifecycle

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer, Traffic

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Foundations ...

Location

United States or Canada

Salary:

170000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Proven experience leading complex engineering efforts focused on network traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration
Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and lead cross-functional 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 like Go, Java, or similar, with strong expertise in writing concurrent and distributed code
Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, leveraging concurrency primitives, and optimizing network performance
Deep expertise in traffic and networking systems, with familiarity across adjacent infrastructure domains
Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and the ability to optimize cost, performance, and scalability
A strong sense of ownership and the ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals

Job Responsibility

Lead the design and development of systems that optimize network traffic and scale for global expansion
Drive architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability
Co-author long-term technical roadmaps that set the vision for network scalability, performance, and engineering velocity
Set the standard for a culture of engineering and operational excellence
Build and nurture effective partnerships across engineering, product, and security teams to align on network infrastructure goals
Lead and conduct design reviews for critical projects with a focus on system-level tradeoffs and network scalability
Drive the design and implementation of “secure by default” network systems in collaboration with security teams
Act as a key stakeholder by engaging with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements and deliver innovative solutions
Deeply understand how to leverage Temporal’s software to build and scale networking infrastructure
Gather insights into customer needs and incorporate them into technical decision-making for traffic management and networking strategies

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer - AI SDK

Temporal provides durable execution, the systems foundation used for reliable AI...

Location

United States

Salary:

196000.00 - 245000.00 USD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Experience and passion for harnessing generative AI, particularly for agents and coding
A deep understanding of how to use AI to increase quality, not only to increase quantity
A sense of taste in code and software development practice
A track record of open source software contributions, including contributions to 3rd party libraries
Fluency in multiple programming languages, and an affinity for learning new ones
Deep experience with concurrent programming—you should know how to use mutexes, atomics, and other concurrency primitives safely
Experience designing APIs and writing documentation for publicly-available libraries or modules
Strong technical communication skills—written and verbal—in English
BS or MS in Computer Science (or a closely-related degree), or equivalent work experience writing production-grade software

Job Responsibility

Work as a Software Engineer
Design and implement Temporal AI SDK features supporting a broad variety of frameworks and libraries
Develop a deep understanding of AI application development techniques, including emerging approaches and architectures
Work with multiple programming languages, primarily Python and TypeScript
Make extensive use of AI coding tools, especially to ensure quality across a large number of integrations
Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with other teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience
Serve as a domain expert on AI design patterns, collaborating with field staff to provide best-practices and canonical examples
Work directly with our developer community to debug issues that need expert attention, and get feedback on Temporal SDK features and APIs
Write public technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs
Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that AI SDK engineering expertise is needed

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Global Services

We are currently hiring a Staff Software Engineer in our Cloud Global Services t...

Location

United States

Salary:

170000.00 - 260000.00 USD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Rich experience as an 'Arranger' and/or 'Builder/Enhancer' in large-scale distributed systems design (reliability, scalability)
Operational experience in large-scale distributed systems environments
Experience developing highly concurrent systems
Demonstrated experience writing concurrent code (pref. Go, Java) in production as Advanced or Expert levels
Knowledge and experience of reliability to ensure the high reliability of the Temporal system
Ideas and actions to improve the velocity of the team

Job Responsibility

Design and implement core backend service features for Temporal's high-availability services in-region, cross-region, and re: cross-cloud failover
Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run services with those features
Provide appropriate service level logs and metrics to make features operational for cloud service setup
Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer - Payments Transfer

We build simple yet innovative consumer products and developer APIs that shape h...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

202800.00 - 330000.00 USD / Year

Plaid

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

At least 3-5 years working on payments, billing, invoicing or other financial infrastructure systems
Proven track record of building and operating systems that process payments at scale (e.g., high throughput, high reliability, complex flows such as refunds, settlement)
Strong proficiency in distributed system design, architecture, performance optimization, observability, reliability engineering
Experience setting and maintaining engineering best practices (testing, code review, continuous integration/deployment, on-call practices)
Excellent communication: able to engage with business/product/operations stakeholders, articulate technical trade-offs, drive alignment

Job Responsibility

Lead the technical direction of the transfer system including transfer customer onboarding, billing, bookkeeping, payments processing, reconciliation systems
Collaborate across product, design, operations, partnership, and legal teams to make sure the technical solution meets business needs
Discover system quality and reliability opportunities and proactively drive improvements and technical roadmap
Work hands-on: write and review technical designs, write and review code, lead major technical initiatives and new feature development
Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong, inclusive team culture

What we offer

medical
dental
vision
401(k)
equity
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Fulltime

Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Database)

Our database technology sits at the heart of the Materialize product—a product t...

Location

United States , New York

Salary:

164050.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year

Materialize

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Several years of experience developing software
Passionate about distributed systems and/or databases
Excited to learn Rust if not already using it
Pride in owning work end-to-end
Ability to write clear design docs and well-documented code
Love solving hard problems in service of the customer
Excited about working at the intersection of frontier academic research and a venture-backed startup

Job Responsibility

Design and deliver improvements to the Database, with an eye on correctness, reliability, and performance
Own projects end-to-end, from early stage design to holding the pager
Debug and resolve complex distributed systems issues, sometimes directly with customers
Continually improve system reliability, observability, and automation
Collaborate across your team, with Product, with Field Eng, and all other stakeholders to align on direction, carefully prioritize, and build the best product for our users
Share your work through mentorship, demos, blog posts, and any other relevant channels

What we offer

Equity

Fulltime