Staff Solutions Architect, Temporal Technologies

• Significant experience (typically several years) in customer-facing, technical pre-sales or post-sales roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Field Engineer, or equivalent
• Strong background in designing and operating distributed systems or cloud-native applications, with a deep understanding of reliability, scalability, and failure modes
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, outcome-focused narratives for both technical and business audiences
• Proficiency in building application prototypes and providing design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one or more of Temporal’s supported languages: Java, Golang, TypeScript, Python, C#, Ruby, or PHP
• Practical experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and common infrastructure components including networking, messaging, observability, and CI/CD
• Proven track record partnering with sales teams on strategic accounts, including working through technical evaluations, proof-of-concept stages, and production rollouts
• Experience working with or advising large customers in DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), with comfort navigating complex stakeholder environments
• Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to earn trust with senior engineers and technical leaders

Desirable

• We are hiring a Staff Solutions Architect (Remote, based in Germany) to own and grow the DACH territory (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• This role partners closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering to help prospective and existing customers design, validate, and scale mission-critical systems on Temporal
• You will work directly with engineering leaders and senior developers at high-growth and enterprise customers across DACH, helping them understand when and how to use Temporal, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring successful adoption across their organizations
• Serve as a strategic technical advisor to Sales Account Executives, assisting with scoping and sizing opportunities and offering guidance on technical fit and challenges across the DACH region
• Lead customer discovery to understand architecture, constraints, and success criteria, and map those to Temporal-based solutions
• Design end-to-end reference architectures that demonstrate how Temporal fits into existing services, data stores, and infrastructure
• Build and deliver high-impact demos and technical narratives that clearly show how Temporal solves real customer pain
• Run deep technical workshops, whiteboard sessions, and proof-of-concept engagements with engineering and architecture teams
• Provide hands-on guidance on best practices for workflow and activity design, testing strategies, and operationalization of Temporal in production
• Identify and mitigate technical risks in customer projects, escalating and collaborating with Product and Engineering as needed
• Capture and communicate customer feedback and feature requests into Product, influencing roadmap and prioritization
• Contribute to reusable assets for the field, including reference architectures, example workflows, solution playbooks, and enablement content
• Represent Temporal in customer meetings, executive briefings, and at community events or conferences across the DACH market