Staff Engineer, AI Agents & Developer Platform (Remote US) NEW

The Briefed; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Temporal's Builder Platform team provides a governed platform for AI agents, workflows and engineering tools, running Temporal on itself first. As a Staff engineer you own the agent platform and the AI infrastructure it runs on.

Key responsibilities include owning strategy, architecture and operation of the Agent Platform; designing the LLM and MCP gateways with guardrails, fallback and cost controls; building agents and workflows from issue to production; leading source control, CI and

Qualifications

• Led the design and running of internal platforms or developer tools.
• Experience with AI coding tools across teams (Codex, Claude Code).
• Proficient in Go, TypeScript, Python or Java.
• Experience building workflow automation or internal tools at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture and operation of the Agent Platform.
• Design the LLM and MCP gateways with guardrails, fallback and cost controls.
• Build agents and workflows that take work from issue to production.
• Lead source control, CI and developer tools.
• Measure usage, reliability and cost to guide the roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and join the on-call rotation.

Skills

Platform design

Leadership

Go/TypeScript/Python/Java

CI/CD

Cost control

Agent platforms

Mentoring

Codex/Claude Code

Tools

Codex

Claude Code

Job description

Temporal's Builder Platform team gives the whole company a governed platform for AI agents, workflows and engineering tools, running Temporal on itself first. As a Staff engineer you own the agent platform and the AI infrastructure it runs on.

Key responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture and operation of the Agent Platform
• Design the LLM and MCP gateways with guardrails, fallback and cost controls
• Build agents and workflows that take work from issue to production
• Lead source control, CI and developer tools
• Measure usage, reliability and cost to guide the roadmap
• Mentor engineers and join the on-call rotation

Requirements

• Led the design and running of internal platforms or developer tools
• Use of AI coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code across teams
• Go, TypeScript, Python or Java
• Built workflow automation or internal tools at scale

Nice to have

• Running an internal agent platform
• Building Temporal applications

Remote details

• Full-time remote role, open to people in the United States

Salary and benefits

US base salary $169,600 to $278,250 a year, depending on location, plus equity.