Staff Software Engineer, SDK (Language Runtime)

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3> <div>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.</div> <div> </div> <div>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.</div> <div> </div> <div>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!</div></div><div> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>We have an opening to hire a <strong>Staff Software Engineer - SDK (Language Runtime).</strong> Our team makes the Temporal SDKs — our SDKs are the primary mechanism through which our customers use Temporal. This is harder than it sounds. SDKs are not thin clients; they act as runtime environments for application code, contain complex internal logic, and coordinate closely with Temporal Server to provide the durable-execution guarantees our customers require. <br><br>Most of our work is open source—see for yourself here:<a href="https://github.com/temporalio" target="_blank"> </a><a class="c-link" href="https://github.com/temporalio" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://github.com/temporalio" data-sk="tooltip_parent">github.com/temporalio</a></p> <div class="p-rich_text_section">Also see our <a class="c-link" href="https://temporalio.notion.site/Join-the-SDK-Team-at-Temporal-1c98fc5677388032b507d2ba6c3b7bfd" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://temporalio.notion.site/Join-the-SDK-Team-at-Temporal-1c98fc5677388032b507d2ba6c3b7bfd" data-sk="tooltip_parent">SDK team page</a> (<a href="https://temporalio.notion.site/Join-the-SDK-Team-at-Temporal-1c98fc5677388032b507d2ba6c3b7bfd)">https://temporalio.notion.site/Join-the-SDK-Team-at-Temporal-1c98fc5677388032b507d2ba6c3b7bfd)</a> for more details!</div> <p><strong>What You Will Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>Design and build Temporal SDKs used by customers to work with Temporal in their programming language of choice.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>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!</li> <li>Work directly with our community to debug issues that need expert attention, and get feedback on Temporal SDK features and APIs.</li> <li>Write publicly-readable technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs.</li> <li>Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that SDK engineering expertise is needed.</li> <li>Travel to meet your coworkers for a week once or twice a year.</li> <li>Attend the occasional developer conference to talk about how great Temporal is (optional).</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Won’t Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work in an office (unless you want to, but you’d be by yourself). Temporal is a fully-remote company.</li> <li>Commit code that’s poorly-tested or works “most of the time”. Temporal aspires to be “Reliable as Gravity”, and we expect your code to be the same.</li> <li>Overwork yourself to meet a deadline. Instead of crunch time, we cut scope.</li> <li>Work behind closed doors. The SDKs a ... (truncated, view full listing at source)