Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience
Temporaltechnologies•4h ago
United StatesRemote$160K–$200KFull-timeMid Level2+ yrs exp
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Software EngineerDeveloper ExperienceSoftware Engineer Ii
- About Us
- Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable
- 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
- 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
- want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities
- 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. 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.
- What You’ll Bring
- 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.
- Nice to Have
- 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
- 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, In-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit
- business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.
- Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity
- reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs
- 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.
Required skills
PythonGoTypeScriptJavaScriptJavaGitHubcloud automation