Job description
#### **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**
The Staff Solutions Architect is Temporal's primary customer-facing technical leader.
#### **What You'll Do**
- Help prospects understand if their application is suitable for Temporal
- Help customers & prospects understand the technical benefits and drawbacks of the Temporal platform and cloud service
- Position Temporal successfully against alternative technologies or technical patterns
- Create the conditions in customer engineering organizations that allow them to expand the number of production applications using Temporal
- Partner with Account Executives to develop and execute an overall account plan
- Own the relationship with customer technical decision-makers in evaluating and operating temporal applications.
- Travel expected to be 25-50%
#### **What You'll Bring**
- Excellent technical communication skills (presenting, whiteboarding, writing)
- Comfortable discussing distributed system technologies, design decisions, and best practices
- Able to construct application prototypes and follow through with design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one of Temporal’s supported languages (Java, Golang, Typescript, Python, PHP)
- Conversant in topics related to operating applications in production, such as security, reliability, performance, cost management, and operations
- Can offer helpful advice and good arguments to customers on architectural topics like application patterns and platform architectures
- Comfortable working with at least one of the major cloud providers and using the various services commonly employed for application development & production
- Serve as a technical advisor to Sales Account Executives - can help identify good/poor fit use cases, assist with scoping and sizing of opportunities, and anticipate where customer technical choices will work for or against Temporal
#### **Nice to Haves**
- Likes to learn new technical topics, often directly from Engineering
- Can come up to speed without any sales-specific training (i.e., from docs, videos & conversations)
- Partners well with engineers working at customer organizations
- Serves as a good technical coach: likes to find ways to make others look smart
#### **Compensation**
- The estimated pay range for this role is $360,000- $400,000.
- This is a base salary and variable role with a 70/30 split.
- 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, 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, and are issued in partnership with [Remote.com](http://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.
**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.
**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._
Ready to apply?
You'll be taken to Temporal career page to submit your application. We'll also add this to your tracker if you want.

Originally posted via 4 Day Week. View source ↗
Keep looking
All roles at Temporal →More roles like this

Senior Product Manager, Scalability & Compute
Temporal · Remote · SeniorKubernetesProduct ManagementCustomer FocusInfrastructureDeveloper Experience+14 more$180k–$230k/yr1w agovia 4 Day Week
Principal Global Employment Counsel
Temporal · Remote · SeniorComplianceStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementPolicy DevelopmentEmployment Law+3 more$225k–$340k/yr2w agovia 4 Day Week
Senior Solutions Architect, Growth
Temporal · Remote · SeniorTypeScriptPythonJavaPHPC#+13 more$200k–$250k/yr4w agovia 4 Day Week
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Identity
Temporal · Remote · SeniorPythonGoJavaKotlinMentoring+21 more3d agovia 4 Day Week