Senior Platform Architect - West

United States - Remote Opportunity · Remote · full time · Senior

$200,000 – $225,000

Listed on Temporal’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

As a Senior Platform Architect for Temporal's Technical Services team, you'll serve as the technical owner for customer engagements from initial purchase through stable production, establishing reliability standards and best practices while building scalable delivery patterns. This role suits experienced software or solutions engineers who excel at solving complex distributed systems challenges and want to drive customer success through deep technical partnership.

Our summary, not Temporal’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

6+ years of professional software engineering or solutions engineering experience
Strong understanding of distributed systems, workflow orchestration, and reliability engineering principles
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Go, Java, TypeScript, or Python)
Experience building, deploying, and operating production systems at scale
Ability to debug complex technical issues and guide customers through resolution
Customer-facing skills with ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
Experience creating technical documentation, runbooks, and training materials
Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating across teams
Willingness to travel occasionally for customer engagements and team events
Must reside in the Western Time Zone

Nice to have

Prior experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration platforms
Experience with observability tools and practices for distributed systems
Background in professional services, technical consulting, or solutions engineering roles
Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and infrastructure-as-code tools
Contributions to open source projects or developer communities
Experience designing and delivering technical training or workshops