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
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our high-impact team focused on product scalability, customer experience, and revenue growth. Our team manages essential services including customer onboarding and off-boarding, billing and metering, cloud marketplace integrations, and **Cloud Nexus.** Cloud Nexus is a foundational platform that connects Temporal Applications through a scalable, self-service ecosystem with a unified API abstraction layer.
In this role, you’ll work on systems that directly impact Temporal’s revenue and customer journey. You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, finance, revenue operations, support, and sales teams to create seamless customer flows and build reliable, scalable metering and billing infrastructure. If you’re passionate about owning business-critical systems and working with diverse technologies in a supportive environment, we’d love to meet you.
What You’ll Do
- Build and Maintain Critical Systems: Design, build, and maintain mission-critical systems that power Temporal’s customer acquisition funnel and revenue operations infrastructure.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Finance, RevOps, and Sales teams to understand core business requirements and transform them into scalable, effective engineering solutions.
- Contribute to Cloud Nexus: Design, develop and scale a key primitive which enables multi-cloud connectivity between Temporal Applications across teams, domains and regions.
- Ensure Data Integrity and Reliability: Develop, test, and maintain code for distributed data systems. Your work will safeguard the critical metering pipeline that drives almost all of Temporal’s revenue.
- Grow With Mentorship: Receive guidance from experienced engineers while building expertise in Go, Kubernetes, Temporal, and cloud-native technologies like Kinesis, Redshift, Stripe, and more.
- Drive Improvements in Developer and Customer Experience: Identify opportunities to streamline customer experiences through automation, better tooling, and strategic system enhancements.
Technology Stack
- Primary Language: Go
- Data Storage: PostgreSQL, Redshift, S3, Google Cloud Storage, Blob Storage
- Data Processing: Kinesis, Firehose
- Infrastructure: Kubernetes
- Third-Party Services: Zapier, Stripe, Segment, Pylon, Metronome
- Core Framework: Temporal (of course 😉)
This role is ideal for early-career engineers who are curious, collaborative, and excited about building infrastructure for a hyper-growth company.
What You’ll Bring
- Hands-on experience developing software systems or services through coursework, internships, personal projects, or early professional roles, preferably in cloud environments.
- Familiarity with at least one programming language such as Go, Java/Scala, Python, or similar.
- Passion for building scalable, distributed systems and eagerness to deepen your knowledge in this area.
- Understanding of (or interest in) concurrency programming and how systems operate at scale.
- Interest in databases and storage technologies like Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, or similar systems.
- A breadth-focused mindset—able to integrate various systems to create robust, seamless experiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset for working in small, supportive teams.
- Enthusiasm for learning in a DevOps environment, including deploying and maintaining systems in production.
What You Can Expect
- Fast-growing company with significant momentum
- Collaborative engineering culture focused on excellence
- Exceptional technical colleagues who inspire growth
- Streamlined processes without unnecessary bureaucracy
- Strong emphasis on delivering impactful results
- Action-oriented approach balanced with system reliability
- Commitment to incremental improvements and rapid iteration
Compensation
- The estimated pay range for this role is $125,000 - $155,000
- 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.
We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.
