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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - **Company:** Temporal Technologies Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $208,000.0 - $341,250.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Software Systems, Concurrency, Reliability of Systems, Information Technology, Software Coding, Microservices - **Published:** September 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=38f6fdc88a6b3908 ## About the Role We have an opening for a Senior Staff Software Engineer in our Infrastructure organization focused on driving technical vision, setting architecture standards, and executing complex, high-leverage projects across cloud compute, traffic, security, and reliability.The high-impact role will broadly own the technical design and implementation of systems powering Temporal Cloud. You should be comfortable leading technical discussions with stakeholders, engaging with strategic customers, working effectively with executives, engineering leadership, and individual contributors across multiple teams. You are motivated to mentor and elevate the engineering bar and have a proven track record of deep technical impact., * Graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. * Expert-level design and coding skills with deep knowledge of performance tuning, concurrency, and distributed systems architecture. * Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale public cloud infrastructure. * Excellent technical leadership and impact-at least 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time spent operating at the Senior/Staff IC level. * Deep experience in building and leading the development of complex distributed software systems and microservices for a cloud infrastructure organization. * Hands-on expertise with multiple cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. * Superior collaboration skills and experience driving technical alignment across an organization and drafting long-term technical roadmaps. * Excellent oral and written communication skills and a willingness to communicate complex solutions and results to all levels of the organization. ## Description * Define and execute the long-term architectural strategy for our multi-cloud compute and traffic platforms. * Lead hands-on implementation for critical infrastructure projects, focusing on reliability, system automation and performance at scale. * Multi-year technical roadmaps establishing vision for infrastructure scalability, reliability, security, and engineering velocity. * Maintain a culture of engineering and operational excellence. Own: * Technical leadership and mentorship of engineers through design reviews and code contributions-you define the technical direction and eliminate architectural barriers to execution. * Maintain end-to-end technical stewardship for your systems, ensuring execution aligns with architectural vision and best practices. * Act as a key technical advisor to Engineering Leadership and Product Management, influencing the strategic direction of Temporal Cloud infrastructure. * Cross-team collaboration to align architectural roadmaps and drive adoption of best practices. * Participation and leadership in design reviews for projects across Infrastructure (Developer Productivity) with a focus on automation, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability. * Partnering with Security to build 'secure by default' systems. * Engaging with key customers to help understand their deep technical requirements and enable their business with platform capabilities. * The reliability of systems under your technical ownership. * Ensuring team members have clarity on the technical vision, priorities, and the tools and processes needed to meet shipping deadlines. Teach: * Design principles for building reliable, secure, and scalable systems. * Grow others via technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and driving the engineering excellence bar. 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