Senior Software Engineer - Open Source Server

temporal; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 119,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain backend functionality for scalable services. You will work within the Open Source Server team, spearheading core features for cloud and on-premise offerings. We're looking for candidates with at least 6 years in distributed systems and proficient in concurrent programming languages such as Go or Java. This role emphasizes collaboration and innovation in software development.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision

401K Plan

Learning & Development perks

In-Home Office Setup

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in production as an leader of scalable distributed systems.
• Solid fundamentals in distributed systems concepts including concurrency.
• Experience writing concurrent code in production is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core backend service features.
• Provide test coverage for your feature ownership area.
• Document design choices and operational knowledge for successful deployment.

Skills

Distributed systems

Multi-threading

Concurrent code in Go or Java

Open Source Systems

AWS services

Tools

Elastic Search

Clickhouse

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Open Source Server

About Us

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.

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.

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!

Summary

As a Senior Engineer, you will get the chance to design, build, and maintain significant portions of our backend functionality for highly scalable, multi‑tenant services. Examples of the key distributed systems components you’ll own include Quotas, Throttling, Visibility, Task Processing, Matching etc. Working in the highly collaborative Open Source Server team, we’ll look to build a new enterprise offering that involves both on‑premise and dedicated cloud offerings. The Open Source Server team works on core Temporal. See Temporal Git here .

To see more details about projects the OSS team is working on and demo videos, clickhere - [new window opens]

What You'll Do

• Design and implement core backend service features.
• Provide appropriate test coverage for unit, integration, and performance for your feature ownership area.
• Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run service with those features.
• Provide appropriate service level logs and metrics to make features operational for cloud service setup.
• Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production.

What You'll Bring

• At least 6 years of experience in a production environment as an "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer" of highly scalable distributed systems. see HERE for more info re: "Arranger" and/or "Builder/Enhancer"
• Solid computer science fundamentals in distributed systems concepts including multi‑threading and concurrency.
• Experience writing concurrent code in production with languages like Go or Java or other applicable languages with skill level as "high end of Intermediate" and/or "Advanced" or "Expert" levels. see HERE for more info re: "high end of Intermediate" and/or "" or "Expert levels"
• Experience working with Open Source Systems.
• Experience building and running services on AWS. Bonus: Microsoft Azure and Google GCP experience.
• Experience with Elastic Search or Clickhouse
• Experience in building K8s controllers and/or CRDs is a plus
• Experience with KEDA and/or Argo is a plus

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.

Employee benefits and perks below are for full‑time employees, part‑time or temporary positions are excluded.

• 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!

International Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com . Additionally, 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.

Travel

Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in‑person connection. 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
• $1,200 / 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)
• $500 / Year Professional Memberships
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

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. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.

We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.