Software Engineer II, AI Developer Experience

temporal; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Job summary

Temporal Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer II for the AI Developer Experience Team to build and maintain internal tooling that streamlines builder workflows across the company. You will partner with Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to identify where AI can accelerate work and improve outcomes.

You will contribute to the development and operation of internal agents and advocate for safe adoption of new tooling through guardrails, documentation, and automation.

Qualifications

• Solid software engineering fundamentals and production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling experience.
• Familiarity with modern agentic coding tools.
• Proficiency in Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java.
• Experience building or contributing to workflow automation or internal tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.
• Help support adoption of AI agentic coding tools through documentation, automation, and guidance.
• Contribute to the development and operation of internally facing agents.
• Help implement developer workflows, including guardrails and evaluation approaches that enable safe adoption of new tooling.
• Support the development and operation of our internal agent platform.
• Partner with teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to understand where AI could accelerate their work or improve outcomes.
• Contribute to measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to help quantify impact and guide iteration.
• Help maintain documentation and enablement materials that support builders using the paved roads.
• Participate in on-call to support internal users.

Skills

Go

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

Java

Developer tooling

Workflow automation

Internal tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

GitHub automation

CLI tooling

Cloud automation

Job description

Summary

Summary Join our AI Developer Experience Team as a Software Engineer II. Our mission is to empower a company of builders by delivering a frictionless, standardized ecosystem of core engineering tools. You'll partner with teams across the company to help standardize workflows and contribute to a tight feedback loop with product leadership that shapes our product direction.

What You Will Do

• Build and maintain internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.

• Help support adoption of AI agentic coding tools through documentation, automation, and guidance.

• Contribute to the development and operation of internally facing agents.

• Help implement developer workflows, including guardrails and evaluation approaches that enable safe adoption of new tooling.

• Support the development and operation of our internal agent platform.

• Partner with teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to understand where AI could accelerate their work or improve outcomes.

• Contribute to measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to help quantify impact and guide iteration.

• Help maintain documentation and enablement materials that support builders using the paved roads.

• Participate in on-call to support internal users.

What You’ll Bring

• Solid software engineering fundamentals, with some experience contributing to production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling.

• Familiarity with modern agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used at Temporal, such as Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java.

• Experience building or contributing to workflow automation or internal tools (CLI tools, services, GitHub automation, cloud automation, or similar).

• Good judgment about when to standardize versus when to enable flexibility, with growing ability to balance friction reduction against reliability.

• Comfort working cross-functionally, including with non-traditional developers, and translating their needs into usable solutions.

• Ability to use data and qualitative feedback to help prioritize and measure impact.

• Clear written communication, including documentation that supports self-service.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to building internal agents or supporting an agent platform.

• Familiarity with developer productivity measurement frameworks such as SPACE and DORA metrics.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000.

• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

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.