Temporal

Temporal

Senior Software Engineer, Open Source Server

United States - Remote Opportunity · Senior · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$176k-$238kDetected 6 days ago
JavaGoDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewPostgreSQLMySQLElasticsearchCassandraAWSGCPAzureKubernetesTemporalLoad Balancing

About the role

  • We're curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.
  • Summary Temporal is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Open Source Server team.
  • We do not expect one person to cover all of these areas.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and ship features for the Temporal server.
  • Partner with engineers, product managers, cloud teams, and customer-facing teams to build scalable technical solutions.
  • Participate in design discussions and code reviews to help maintain a high-quality codebase.
  • Experience building high-scale or performance-sensitive backend services, such as request-serving systems, task queues, scheduling systems, streaming or replication pipelines, rate limiting, sharding, load balancing, workflow engines, or orchestration systems.
  • Experience designing and building backend APIs or platform services.
  • You take ownership of your work and collaborate well with teammates.

Requirements

  • Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
  • 5+ years of experience building and operating production distributed systems.
  • You enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems while keeping the developer experience in mind.
  • You enjoy balancing technical depth with practical engineering decisions.

Nice to have

  • Experience with open source software or communities is a plus.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus.
  • Experience with technologies such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, ClickHouse, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, or MySQL is a plus.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, CRDs, KEDA, or Argo is a plus.

Skills

  • Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Compensation

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $176,000 - $237,600, depending on experience and location.
  • Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets.

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)
  • 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.

Company info

  • 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. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer's toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.
  • Our values guide us -they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We're curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.
  • Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!
  • Temporal is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Open Source Server team.
  • This team builds and maintains the core Temporal server.
  • We're looking for an engineer who is excited to learn the system, contribute across the codebase, and help improve the reliability, performance, operability, and developer experience of Temporal.
  • This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll collaborate with experienced engineers to design, build, and operate the core of Temporal's distributed systems platform.
  • 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.
  • We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer's toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.
  • Our values guide us -they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact.
  • Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future.
  • If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity

  • 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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