Temporaltechnologies25d ago

Senior Developer Success Engineer - UK

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Key Responsibilities

At Temporal, you’ll work with cloud-native, highly scalable infrastructure spanning AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and microservices. You’ll gain deep expertise in distributed systems orchestration,

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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!

The Senior Developer Success Engineer will be the frontline technical expert for our developer community. You will help users deploy and scale Temporal in cloud-native environments. You will also troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, optimize performance, and develop automation solutions. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving distributed systems challenges and improving the developer experience.

Responsibilities

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→Be a keen learner:

→At Temporal, you’ll work with cloud-native, highly scalable infrastructure spanning AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and microservices. You’ll gain deep expertise in distributed systems orchestration, networking, and observability while learning from complex, real-world customer use cases.
→Our stack includes Go, Python, Typescript, Java, and .Net providing continuous opportunities to hone your programming skills in distributed systems design, testing and troubleshooting, automation, resilience engineering, and performance tuning.

→Be a passionate problem solver:

→If you enjoy tackling scalability, reliability, and troubleshooting challenges in distributed systems, you’ll thrive in this role.
→You’ll work directly with developers to troubleshoot complex issues, help them optimize performance and reliability, contribute to improving user experience, and help them be successful with using Temporal.
→You'll develop and troubleshoot implementation patterns (use cases, SDK options, code reviews), observability solutions (Grafana, Prometheus), networking issues (load balancing, DNS, ingress/egress), and infrastructure operations (Terraform, IaC) to help customers run Temporal efficiently at scale.
→Once ramped up, we expect you to independently drive technical solutions, whether debugging complex production issues or designing best practices. Don't worry—we have seasoned engineers and mentors to support you along the way!

→Be a great communicator:

→As a Senior Developer Success Engineer you will engage directly with developers, engineering teams, and product teams to understand distributed systems challenges and provide solutions that enhance scalability, performance, and reliability.
→Your insights will influence platform improvements, from enhancing observability tooling to developing self-service solutions that simplify troubleshooting (e.g., building diagnostic tools similar to Twilio’s Network Test).
→You’ll serve as a bridge between developers and Temporal engineering, ensuring that reliability, performance, and developer experience remain top priorities as Temporal scales.

6+ years of experience as a developer, preferably fluent in one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, Golang, TypeScript, DotNet.
Experience with deploying and managing medium to large-scale architectures (e.g., Kubernetes or Docker).
Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana and troubleshooting performance and availability issues.
Minimum of one year experience in an internal or external customer-facing role.
Passion for helping others regardless of who they are or how they act.
Experience working with or as part of remote teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Seek to understand first, lead with data, and rely on facts.

Nice to Have

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Previous experience in customer-facing positions such as a professional services consultant, solutions architect, customer engineer, etc.
Experience with security certificate management and implementation.
Ability to understand use cases and translate them into Temporal design decisions and architecture best practices.
Technologies: EKS, GKE, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTracing, Terraform/Ansible/CDK.

What We Offer

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✓The estimated pay range for this role is £100,000 - £112,000

✓Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

✓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!

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.

Additional Perks

$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

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.