Staff Software Engineer, Temporal Technologies
Release Engineering & Testing Platform
$170-250k
+ Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan
Durable execution solutions
Job no longer available
Durable execution solutions
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$170-250k
+ Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make code fault tolerant, durable and simple.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience providing technical leadership in developer tooling, release engineering, or large-scale testing frameworks
- Strong opinions on release engineering and testing practices that are equally balanced by a pragmatic drive for impact
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement CI/CD systems, release automation, and testing infrastructure at scale
- Proficiency in Go (required) with experience building and maintaining production systems
- Track record of mentoring and guiding engineers to elevate technical standards
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed environment with strong communication and collaboration skills
What the job involves
- We have an opening for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Developer Productivity Team, with a dedicated focus on building and scaling our release engineering and testing platform
- This team’s mission is to make Temporal developers faster, more reliable, and more effective
- As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership, design vision, and hands-on implementation for the systems that enable reliable, automated, and high-confidence releases of Temporal’s core platforms and services
- You’ll also drive the strategy and evolution of our internal testing frameworks to ensure quality at scale
- This is an opportunity to set the direction for a mission-critical team that acts as a force multiplier across the company
- We are passionate engineers who care deeply about empowering our peers and building the foundation for developer productivity
- Define and own the technical strategy for Temporal’s release engineering and testing platforms, ensuring they scale with the company
- Design, implement, and evolve automation for CI/CD, release validation, regression testing, and deployment
- Build frameworks and tooling that enable developers to test, validate, and ship with confidence
- Lead technical planning and establish best practices for release reliability and testing at scale
- Document design choices, workflows, and operational practices to ensure sustainable adoption across teams
- Set a high bar for technical excellence in release engineering and testing platforms
- Design and build multi-component, distributed systems that operate at scale
- Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of issues across the release stack
- Anticipate performance and reliability tradeoffs of design options and guide the team in making pragmatic choices
- Mentor engineers across the organization in release automation and testing best practices
- Able to participate in the team’s on-call rotation
- Stay ahead of emerging practices in release engineering, testing, and developer productivity
- Develop deep expertise in Temporal’s architecture to design testing frameworks that reflect real-world complexity
- Investigate and understand ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power our mission
- Understand developer needs across the company and influence tooling strategies to maximize velocity and confidence
- Partner with engineering leadership to align release engineering strategy with company goals
- Work across teams to design scalable release processes and testing strategies
- Advocate for system reliability and developer experience in cross-functional discussions
Our take
The growing complexity of modern software systems places a strain on developers, making applications harder to plan, build, and test. While cloud-native services simplify experiences for end users, they introduce new challenges for developers, like around managing state in distributed, microservices-based architectures. Temporal Technologies addresses this problem with an MIT-licensed platform that identifies and manages applications tate, so developers can built reliable, scalable systems with more confidence.
The company offers an open source microservices orchestration platform, giving developers more time to code, while Temporal manages the scalability and reliability. The company’s technology is used to solve state management at an impressive list of cloud and tech companies, including Netflix, Doordash, Snap, and Google Cloud.
The company has achieved unicorn status in 2022 and now has a valuation of over $2.5B. Its most recent funding came in at $146M and with this, Temporal plans to move into the next chapter in its space: AI, as well as focusing on R&D, putting it in a good position within the evolving market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
76% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2025
$144m
LATE VC
Jan 2024
$103m
LATE VC
Total funding: $706.3m
Company 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.
Company HQ
West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
Leadership
Maxim Fateev
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Senior Staff Engineer at Uber. Previously worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Google, Principal SDE at Amazon Web Services, Principal RSDE at Microsoft, and was a Senior Software Engineer at Amazon.com.
Samar Abbas
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Staff Software Engineer at Uber. Previously worked at Microsoft as a Principal Software Engineer, and was a Software Design Engineer at Amazon.
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