Job description

Who We Are

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. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.

Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.

Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge ‘standard’ thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we’d love to hear from you!

Summary

Role Summary

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Partners & Professional Services

Our partner ecosystem and professional services motion is foundational to Temporal’s overall strategy. As a consumption-based business, hands-on services are critical for accelerating ARR realization and customer success, and our partner ecosystem provides the scale to deliver these services to thousands of customers globally.

This is a unique opportunity to join the team as the second Forward Deployed Engineer hire and be a part of a 10x initiative at Temporal. In this role, you’ll be embedded deeply with engineering teams at both partners and customers, getting hands-on to solve distributed systems challenges and using Temporal to power mission-critical use cases ranging from AI agent development to payments modernization.

This is a builder role, where you’ll lead project efforts by helping teams define goals, scope technical work, and break down problem spaces into actionable steps.

This role requires fluency across multiple programming languages and ecosystems. You’ll advise engineers working in diverse technical environments and help them integrate Temporal effectively, whether building new systems or evolving existing ones.

You’ll also play a strategic role in account success. Working closely with Temporal’s sales and partner teams, you’ll help unlock and expand workloads by enabling both partners and internal teams to accelerate delivery and scale adoption. Your efforts ensure these collaborators are equipped to deliver real outcomes in alignment with shared goals.

A strong sense for teaching and mentorship is essential. You’ll create enablement content—including code samples, direct code contributions, documentation, and training resources—that helps teams learn by doing and ship faster with Temporal.

We can hire this role across our level bands, from Senior through Senior Staff and leveling will be based on your experience and performance in our interview process.

What You’ll Do

Lead architectural enablement efforts with customer engineering teams and partner organizations, building distributed systems using Temporal.
Scope and structure technical projects by helping teams define goals, organize delivery plans, and align on system design.
Provide deep architectural guidance and hands-on mentorship through code contributions, design reviews, and technical workshops.
Build the content, tools, and frameworks needed to enable success—often in real time as you support teams through their first production initiatives with Temporal.
Collaborate closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Partner teams to accelerate adoption, expand workloads, and drive account success through enablement.
Teach Temporal’s architectural patterns through documentation, training content, example code, and live instruction—all of which you will help create.
Contribute prototypes, integration patterns, and reusable assets that help teams adopt Temporal efficiently and effectively.
Channel learnings from the field back into internal product, documentation, and partner strategy discussions.

What You’ll Bring

7+ years of experience in software architecture, professional services, or solutions engineering, with a focus on distributed systems or platform adoption.
A builder’s mindset—you create what’s needed, not just deliver what already exists. You’re comfortable working in environments where enablement content and best practices are still being defined.
Strong background in designing and guiding event-driven, asynchronous, or microservice-based architectures.
Fluency in multiple programming languages such as Go, Java, TypeScript, or Python, and experience working across diverse technical environments.
Familiarity with messaging and orchestration tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or workflow engines, and the ability to apply those concepts to real-world systems.
Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern application delivery practices, including infrastructure-as-code and observability.
Excellent communication skills—capable of engaging with engineers, architects, and business stakeholders through writing, conversation, and visual design.
Comfortable discussing distributed system technologies, design decisions, and best practices

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $205,000 - $320,000.
This is a base salary and variable role with a ⁷⁰⁄₃₀ split.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.

Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded.

U.S. Benefits

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!

International Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers 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.

Additional Perks

$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 - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.

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