Senior Developer Support Engineer

Temporal Technologies

100d • $117,000 - $147,000

About The Position

As a Senior Developer Support Engineer (Infrastructure), you will help developers deploy, operate, and scale Temporal in cloud-native environments. You’ll focus on troubleshooting infrastructure issues, improving reliability, and building tooling that makes it easier for developers to run Temporal effectively. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving real-world distributed systems problems and enabling others to succeed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in cloud-based environments as an infrastructure engineer.
• Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized services (Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, GKE).
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and networking (load balancing, DNS, TLS, ingress/egress).
• Demonstrated ability to manage services across on-premises and cloud infrastructures.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
• Prior experience troubleshooting production performance and availability issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Comfort working on a remote team and collaborating across time zones.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CDK).
• Knowledge of security certificate management and implementation.
• Background in customer-facing roles such as professional services, solutions architecture, or developer advocacy.
• Fluency in one or more of: Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and Temporal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with developers to debug infrastructure and deployment issues in Temporal environments (Kubernetes, Docker, cloud services).
• Investigate and resolve performance bottlenecks, networking problems, and availability incidents.
• Provide clear, actionable guidance to help developers run Temporal reliably at scale.
• Independently drive technical solutions, whether debugging complex production issues or proactively improving systems.
• Contribute to observability and monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and related tools.
• Help improve reliability, load balancing, and ingress/egress networking for Temporal deployments.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and developer advocacy teams to relay field issues and feedback.
• Document best practices, troubleshooting playbooks, and infrastructure guides for the developer community.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production deployments and provide timely responses to critical issues.

Benefits

• 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!
• $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals.
• $1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning.
• $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account.
• $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment).
• $500 / Year Professional Memberships.
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet.
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees