Responsibilities
- Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with others in the SDK and Server teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience.
- Design and build Temporal SDKs used by customers to work with Temporal in their programming language of choice.
- Tightly integrate Temporal SDKs with their respective languages, making best use of type systems and language runtimes, to execute application code in a durable, deterministic way.
- Develop features that provide a foundation for the reliable execution of the current wave of agentic AI systems.
- Be a part of the fundamentals, instead of a part of the trend!
- Work directly with our community to debug issues that need expert attention, and get feedback on Temporal SDK features and APIs.
- Write publicly-readable technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs.
- Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that SDK engineering expertise is needed.
- Travel to meet your coworkers for a week once or twice a year.
- Attend the occasional developer conference to talk about how great Temporal is (optional).
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years experience post graduation writing scalable software.
- BS or MS in Computer Science (or a closely-related degree), or equivalent work experience writing production-grade software.
- Fluency in multiple programming languages, and an affinity for learning new ones. We don’t care which, but you should know at least two, and love learning new ones.
- Deep experience with concurrent programming—you should know how to use mutexes, atomics, and other concurrency primitives safely.
- Deep experience with distributed systems—you should know what to do when you can’t rely on mutexes and atomics.
- Experience designing APIs and writing documentation for publicly-available libraries or modules.
- A methodical, detail-oriented approach to your work.
- Strong technical communication skills—written and verbal—in English.
- A deep sense of ownership and personal accountability—you care about the impact of your work, and if something goes wrong, you take responsibility for making it right.
- A proactive approach to managing your work—you’ll need to balance working autonomously vs. working closely with others, and recognize when you need help.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Temporal’s programming model (e.g. you’ve written an app on Temporal).
- Experience writing in Go, Java, Python, .NET, TypeScript, Ruby and/or Rust.
- Experience contributing to open source projects.
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep knowledge of language runtimes.
Compensation
The estimated pay range for this role is $168,000 - $210,000. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide)
Additional Information
- Travel: Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
- Equipment: In-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you).
- Language Requirement: Strong technical communication skills in English (written and verbal).
