[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Observability

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Temporal Technologies is an open source programming model company on a mission to simplify code and enhance developer experience. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Observability to lead software development, design multi-component distributed systems, and mentor team members within a mission-critical engineering team.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Skills

• 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
• 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

• This role is eligible 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
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com.
• Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.
• Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
• $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 - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

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