Staff Developer Advocate, Developer Enablement

Temporal Technologies

5h•$170,000 - $215,000

About The Position

Join Temporal’s Enterprise Developer Advocacy team as a Staff Developer Advocate, Developer Education, where you’ll play a central role in shaping how enterprise developers learn, adopt, and succeed with Temporal. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on education strategy, technical mentorship, and hands-on delivery. You’ll help define how we design and deliver developer education in a post-COVID, LLM-enabled world, while staying deeply connected to real developers through workshops, Dev Days, and field engagements. You’ll act as a technical partner to Enterprise DevRel leadership, set quality and direction for education initiatives, and help scale what works through thoughtful programs, strong technical examples, and direct developer feedback.

Requirements

Strong software engineering background with experience building and operating distributed systems
Ability to build production-quality applications in at least one of Temporal’s primary SDK languages (Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, or .NET)
Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals such as state management, fault tolerance, concurrency, and event-driven architectures
Demonstrated experience creating high-quality, outside-of-the-box, technical education (tutorials, workshops, courses, or documentation)
Experience designing and delivering hands-on workshops or training for developer audiences
Strategic mindset with the ability to shape programs, not just execute tasks
Clear, pragmatic communication style with strong written and verbal skills
Comfort operating as a senior IC with broad ownership and cross-functional influence
Willingness to travel up to ~30% for Dev Days, customer engagements, conferences, and team offsites

Nice To Haves

Experience with Temporal
Background in developer education, DevRel, or technical enablement roles
Experience designing certification programs or competency frameworks
Experience mentoring other technical educators or advocates
Experience experimenting with AI-assisted learning or modern education tooling
Experience working with enterprise customers on technical enablement or architectural guidance
Contributions to open source projects
Experience working in a remote-first, globally distributed company

Responsibilities

Define and evolve Temporal’s enterprise developer education approach, grounded in how developers actually learn and practice their craft today
Set technical and instructional direction for programs like workshops and training experiences
Partner with DevRel leadership to prioritize education investments and identify where new formats or tooling make sense
Design and coordinate train-the-trainer initiatives, including curriculum structure, enablement materials and ongoing support
Help define certification pathways for trainers and developers, including clear skill areas, technical criteria, and assessment approaches
Experiment thoughtfully with new education formats (e.g. AI-assisted learning, interactive labs, hybrid delivery), evaluating effectiveness and iterating based on feedback
Ensure educational materials reflect current product capabilities and recommended architectural patterns
Validate content by teaching it directly and refining based on developer outcomes
Design and deliver enterprise Dev Day workshops and technical training sessions
Partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Marketing on high-impact customer engagements
Represent Temporal at conferences, meetups, webinars, and community events with strong technical talks
Mentor other advocates, educators, and contributors on technical depth, workshop design and instructional clarity
Serve as a technical sounding board for education initiatives across the DevRel org

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