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Senior Software Engineer, Open Source Server
TemporalUnited States - Remote Opportunity · Remote · full time · Senior
$176,000 – $231,000
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What this role is
A senior distributed systems engineer role building and maintaining Temporal's open source server, handling features like task matching, scheduling, workflow execution, and visibility. Suited for experienced backend engineers who enjoy solving complex distributed systems problems while prioritizing developer experience.
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Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Apache Cassandra
- Argo CD
- ClickHouse
- Concurrency
- Debugging
- Elasticsearch
- Go
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Microsoft Azure
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Scheduling
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years building and operating production distributed systems
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, fault tolerance, and scheduling
- Proficiency in concurrent code with Go, Java, or similar languages at intermediate-to-expert level
- Experience with high-scale backend services like task queues, scheduling systems, or workflow engines
- Strong debugging and operational skills with focus on reliability and observability
- Experience designing and building backend APIs or platform services
Nice to have
- Open source software or community experience
- AWS, Azure, or GCP experience
- Experience with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, ClickHouse, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
- Kubernetes, CRDs, KEDA, or Argo experience