Temporal Technologies is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for our Replication Foundations team, a core part of the Cloud Global Services organization. In this role, you will lead the evolution of Temporal’s open-source replication stack, building the critical protocols and infrastructure that power High Availability, cross-region resilience, and scalability for Temporal Cloud.

What You'll Do

Lead the design and implementation of core components of Temporal's OSS replication stack, from initial design through rollout and long-term operational ownership.
Design and evolve replication protocols that power High Availability namespaces, cross-cluster and cross-region replication, and migration between Temporal clusters.
Build scalability and reliability capabilities such as multi-cell namespaces, protocols enabling a single namespace to span multiple clusters, and dynamic split/merge strategies.
Reason deeply about correctness: consistency models, ordering guarantees, idempotency, failure recovery, and safe rollouts of protocol changes.
Drive cross-team alignment with Cloud Enablement and other CGS teams to ensure OSS foundations support current and future cloud products.
Author high-quality design docs that clarify invariants, trade-offs, failure modes, and operational playbooks for complex changes.
Raise engineering standards through reviews, mentorship, and technical leadership—improving correctness testing, fault injection, and incident readiness.
Participate in on-call/incident response related to replication and core system behavior, helping build durable fixes and prevention mechanisms.

What We're Looking For

10+ years building production systems, including significant experience with distributed systems and correctness-critical infrastructure.
Strong experience with replication, consistency, fault tolerance, and failure recovery in distributed environments.
Demonstrated ability to design and implement concurrent, correctness-critical systems with clear invariants and safety guarantees.
Proven track record of leading complex technical projects across teams—setting direction, driving execution, and landing changes safely in production.
Hands-on experience debugging complex production issues involving race conditions, data consistency, partial failures, and performance degradation.
Proficiency writing production-quality concurrent code, preferably in Go (Java/C++ or similar systems languages also welcome).
Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals such as replication, sharding/partitioning, backpressure, failure detection, and durability mechanisms.
Ability to operate with high ownership and minimal oversight, balancing deep technical rigor with pragmatic delivery.
Curiosity and rigor in understanding how systems behave under stress, failure, and scale.

Nice to Have

Experience designing or maintaining replication protocols or data-plane infrastructure.
Experience with multi-cluster or multi-region architectures (active-active / active-passive).
Familiarity with database internals, log-based replication, or event-sourced systems.
Prior contributions to large OSS projects or distributed systems infrastructure.

Technical Stack

Go
Java
C++

Team & Environment

You will be part of the Replication Foundations team within the Cloud Global Services (CGS) organization.

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation: $180,000 - $304,000 + eligibility to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
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
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Work Mode

This is a remote opportunity for candidates located in the United States.

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.