Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Temporal Technologies is an open source programming model company on a mission to simplify code and improve developer experience. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their AI Foundations team to accelerate Temporal adoption across various AI applications by designing and implementing reliable coding systems and collaborating with the developer community.

Responsibilities

• Work as a software engineer
• Maintain and expand a deep understanding of agentic coding
• Design and build agentic coding systems that we can trust to deliver high-quality outputs
• Design and implement Temporal AI SDK features supporting a broad variety of frameworks and libraries
• Develop a deep understanding of AI application development patterns and techniques, including emerging approaches and architectures
• Take end-to-end ownership of new features, working with other teams to deliver exceptional reliability and a great developer experience
• Work with multiple programming languages: Python and TypeScript, Java, Go
• Serve as a domain expert on AI design patterns, collaborating with field staff to provide best-practices and canonical examples
• Work directly with our developer community to debug issues that need expert attention and get feedback on Temporal features and APIs
• Write public technical documentation describing Temporal concepts and APIs
• Go the extra mile to support a customer in need, on the rare occasion that our teams’ engineering expertise is needed
• Travel to meet your coworkers for a week once or twice a year
• Attend the occasional developer conference to talk about how great Temporal is (optional)

Skills

• 8+ years of professional work experience
• Experience and passion for harnessing generative AI, particularly for agents and coding
• A deep understanding of how to use AI to increase quality, not only to increase quantity
• A sense of taste in code and software development practice. Your approach should be opinionated and thoughtful, but not dogmatic
• A track record of open source software contributions, including contributions to 3rd party libraries
• Fluency in multiple programming languages, and an affinity for learning new ones
• Deep experience with concurrent programming—you should know how to use mutexes, atomics, and other concurrency primitives safely
• Experience designing APIs and writing documentation for publicly-available libraries or modules
• Strong technical communication skills—written and verbal—in English
• BS or MS in Computer Science (or a closely-related degree), or equivalent work experience writing production-grade software
• Familiarity with Temporal's programming model (e.g. you've written an app on Temporal)
• Experience building agents or other AI applications
• Background in machine learning, model training, data science, or machine learning systems
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems
• Graduate degree in Computer Science

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
• Empower 401K Plan
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com.
• Perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.
• Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
• $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
• $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
• $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
• $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

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