Staff Platform Engineer: AI/Agents & Developer Tools

Temporal; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Temporal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Agent Platform and AI infrastructure, driving scalable, reliable tools for engineers across the company. You will own architecture, governance, and production operations for agents, workflows, and the developer experience.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to unlock impact with AI, establish best practices, and measure platform productivity.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading production-grade internal platforms or developer tooling.
• Experience with modern agentic tooling or AI infrastructure is a plus.
• Strong grasp of distributed systems and scalable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, architecture, and operation of Agent Platform and AI infrastructure.
• Design, build, and operate agents and workflows across teams.
• Lead Developer Infrastructure and improve builder tooling to reduce friction.

Skills

Go

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

Java

Distributed systems

DevOps

Tools

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

Temporal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Agent Platform and AI infrastructure, driving scalable, reliable tools for engineers across the company. You will own architecture, governance, and production operations for agents, workflows, and the developer experience.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to unlock impact with AI, establish best practices, and measure platform productivity.