Senior Software Engineer, Traffic

Temporal Technologies

7h•$180,000 - $225,000

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Traffic team, where you will contribute to the design, development, and execution of projects across traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration. This is an exciting opportunity to impact the scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of Temporal's networking infrastructure while growing your technical expertise.

Requirements

Experience working on engineering efforts focused on network traffic management, network optimization, or cloud orchestration.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
Experience contributing to technical planning and making system-level tradeoffs.
At least 5+ years of coding experience in languages like Go, Java, or similar, with experience writing concurrent and distributed code.
Experience designing and building distributed systems, leveraging concurrency primitives, and optimizing network performance.
Solid understanding of traffic and networking systems, with exposure to adjacent infrastructure domains.
Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
A strong sense of ownership and the ability to balance short-term priorities with longer-term goals.

Responsibilities

Design and develop systems that optimize network traffic and support global expansion.
Contribute to architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Participate in technical roadmap discussions for network scalability, performance, and engineering velocity.
Uphold a culture of engineering and operational excellence.
Partner with engineering, product, and security teams to align on network infrastructure goals.
Participate in design reviews for critical projects with attention to system-level tradeoffs and network scalability.
Implement "secure by default" network systems in collaboration with security teams.
Engage with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements and deliver effective solutions.
Develop expertise in leveraging Temporal's software to build and scale networking infrastructure.
Gather insights into customer needs and incorporate them into technical decision-making for traffic management and networking strategies.
Stay current with technology advancements in traffic management, networking, and cloud orchestration.
Share best practices and design principles for building reliable and scalable networking systems.
Work closely with teammates to ensure roadmaps are cohesive and deliverables are on track.
Contribute to a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.

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
$1,800 / 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