Build and maintain internal engineering tooling and an internal agent platform to improve developer workflows. Support adoption of agentic coding tools, implement guardrails and evaluation approaches, measure usage/reliability/cost, partner cross-functionally, produce documentation and enablement, and participate in on-call support for internal users.
About Us
Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.
Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.
Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!
Summary
Summary Join our AI Developer Experience Team as a Software Engineer II. Our mission is to empower a company of builders by delivering a frictionless, standardized ecosystem of core engineering tools. You'll partner with teams across the company to help standardize workflows and contribute to a tight feedback loop with product leadership that shapes our product direction.
What You Will Do- Build and maintain internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company.
- Help support adoption of AI agentic coding tools through documentation, automation, and guidance.
- Contribute to the development and operation of internally facing agents.
- Help implement developer workflows, including guardrails and evaluation approaches that enable safe adoption of new tooling.
- Support the development and operation of our internal agent platform.
- Partner with teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to understand where AI could accelerate their work or improve outcomes.
- Contribute to measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to help quantify impact and guide iteration.
- Help maintain documentation and enablement materials that support builders using the paved roads.
- Participate in on-call to support internal users.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals, with some experience contributing to production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling.
- Familiarity with modern agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used at Temporal, such as Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java.
- Experience building or contributing to workflow automation or internal tools (CLI tools, services, GitHub automation, cloud automation, or similar).
- Good judgment about when to standardize versus when to enable flexibility, with growing ability to balance friction reduction against reliability.
- Comfort working cross-functionally, including with non-traditional developers, and translating their needs into usable solutions.
- Ability to use data and qualitative feedback to help prioritize and measure impact.
- Clear written communication, including documentation that supports self-service.
- Exposure to building internal agents or supporting an agent platform.
- Familiarity with developer productivity measurement frameworks such as SPACE and DORA metrics.
Compensation
- The estimated pay range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000.
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.
Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.
Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded.
U.S. 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, Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
International Benefits
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, home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.
Travel
Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.
Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.
We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.
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