Staff Platform Engineer, Multi-Cloud Kubernetes

Temporal

Oregon

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Temporal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build the next-gen multi-cloud infrastructure platform that powers Temporal Cloud. You will own a significant multi-component system, shape its APIs, model infrastructure state, and drive coordination across teams.

Expect to lead design reviews, incidents, and the platform roadmap with the engineering manager. You will work on declarative infrastructure, a shared deployment control plane, and recovery strategies across AWS, GCP, and

Qualifications

10+ years building software and operating distributed infrastructure.
Experience designing multi-component systems and coordinating engineers to deliver.
Proficiency in Go or another systems language and meaningful coding experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to explain complex systems.

Responsibilities

Design the abstraction model for a multi-cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Own a significant system end-to-end and coordinate engineers across parts.
Define a declarative infrastructure model for Kubernetes workloads and cloud resources.
Design the shared deployment control plane with safe rollout sequencing and approvals.
Ensure reliability through architectural foresight, observability, and safe incident response.
Build the capability roadmap with engineering leadership and weigh technical risks.
Coach engineers, lead design reviews, and help hire for the team.
Collaborate across teams to align on compatibility and migrations as the platform evolves.