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About Us 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! Summary We have an opening for a Senior Software Engineer on our Infrastructure Team, with specific focus on Observability - both internal and customer-facing . This is an opportunity to join a mission-critical engineering team that is driving the productivity and reliability of Temporal’s developers and core platforms, respectively. We are a passionate team of talented developers who truly care about our mission and enjoy working deeply across the entire Temporal ecosystem to be a force multiplier across the organization. What You'll Do Build Lead the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle: goals & requirements solicitation, design & review, implementation, operationalization & deployment, support & maintenance. Formulate feature designs, review with stakeholders, iterate to incorporate feedback and drive consensus. Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and manage the software you develop. Provide appropriate test and production readiness coverage for unit, integration, and performance of your feature ownership area. Own Set a high bar for technical excellence and take pride in the software you develop. Design and build multi-component, distributed systems that operate at scale. Investigate issues with a methodical approach to identify a root cause. Understand performance and reliability implications of design options at scale. Make related tradeoffs. Able to participate in the team’s on-call rotation. Learn Expert-level knowledge of architecture and services of assigned domain. Strong command over all aspects of the Temporal ecosystem. This role provides a strong opportunity for diverse technical exposure! Investigate and understand ways to best leverage Temporal’s own software to power our mission. Deeply understand the needs of Temporal internal developers and external customers, and leverage that knowledge for product development and feature design. Collaborate Participate in design reviews and contribute to design of other features. Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale. What You'll Bring User-first mindset. You’re excited by the opportunity to empower others through tooling, and enjoy deeply internalizing user goals and use cases to build effective solutions. Motivated by impact. You are driven by a desire to make positive things happen. Strong opinions about tools and technology that are equally balanced by a pragmatic drive for impact. Ability to work in a self-directed manner in a fast-paced environment. Excellent collaboration and communication skills. Skills & Technologies Demonstrated ability to develop horizontally scalable, resilient, and high performance distributed systems in a production environment. Experience designing, implementing, deploying, and supporting large scale, geographically distributed observability and/or high throughput data streaming/processing pipelines, or similar. Expert in one or more high-level programming languages, preferably Go. Expert-level Kubernetes skills. Expert-level query development skills, preferably SQL. Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers, preferably AWS, or GCP. Thorough understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and networking. Familiarity with best practices regarding monitoring, instrumenting, and configuring infrastructure. Team Highlights Core observability tech stack: Clickhouse, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Kubernetes, Temporal. Our recent observability project had the biggest impact to Temporal margins of any engineering effort in company history while also unlocking unprecedented operator capabilities. “Observability is the beating heart of our ability to deliver a mission critical service” - Preeti Somal, Senior VP of Engineering. Compensation The estimated pay range for this role is $176,000 - $230,000, depending on experience and location. 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, 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, home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness. Travel Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together. 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.
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