Senior Software Engineer, Release Engineering

Temporal Technologies

4h•$150,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (or Software Engineer II) to join our Release Engineering team, focused on building and improving the systems that enable automated, reliable, and scalable software delivery across Temporal’s platform. In this role, you will participate in the full software lifecycle — from design and implementation to deployment and long‑term operation — and will collaborate with engineering teams to evolve release automation, improve tooling, and reduce manual steps in how we build and ship Temporal.

Requirements

Strong coding ability, especially in languages used at Temporal (e.g., Go, Java, or similar).
Solid understanding of concurrency, distributed systems, and multi‑threaded programming.
Experience contributing to backend systems, tooling, infrastructure, or developer workflows.
Track record of solving moderately complex problems with reliable, maintainable solutions.
Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote, fast‑paced environment.
Familiarity with release automation concepts, CI/CD pipelines, build tools, or deployment orchestration.
Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and container tooling.
Exposure to distributed systems orchestration, observability tooling, or platform engineering.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain tools and systems that support release automation and deployment workflows.
Write clean, reliable, and concurrent code that supports distributed systems (e.g., build pipelines, deployment tooling).
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand and improve release quality and developer productivity.
Document technical designs, deployment practices, and operational procedures.
Participate in small‑team design reviews and contribute practical engineering solutions.

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!
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers 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.
$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 - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness