Staff Software Engineer, Observability

Role Description

We have an opening for a Staff 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.
  • Lead feature design, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • Lead and mentor fellow team members.
  • Participate in design reviews and contribute to design of other features.
  • Share design principles for building reliable systems at scale.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

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, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!