Lead, grow, and support a team of engineers working on solving core distributed system problems
Set clear technical direction for the team while aligning execution with CGS and company-wide priorities
Remain hands-on and technically engaged
Drive delivery of key Temporal Cloud capabilities, including:
High Availability namespaces and failover automation
Migration tooling between self-hosted and cloud Temporal clusters
Namespace migration within Temporal Cloud for capacity management and data movement
Establish a strong culture of operational excellence, ensuring features are observable, safe to operate, and production-ready
Own execution and outcomes: planning, prioritization, delivery, and follow-through
Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Cloud and OSS teams to deliver cohesive solutions
Mentor and develop engineers, providing technical guidance, career growth support, and actionable feedback
Lead incident response, postmortems, and reliability improvements for the systems owned by the team

Strong background as a senior or staff-level software engineer before moving into engineering management
Deep experience building and operating distributed systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance
Comfort working hands-on in the codebase, especially in complex, concurrency-heavy systems
Demonstrated experience leading teams that deliver production-grade cloud services
Strong understanding of replication, failover, and migration concepts in distributed systems
Proven ability to drive execution with a bias for action, even in ambiguous or fast-moving environments
Experience coaching engineers through technically challenging work and operational ownership
Clear, pragmatic communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Experience leading teams responsible for high availability, disaster recovery, or data migration systems
Familiarity with Temporal, workflow engines, or event-driven systems
Experience working with cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based environments
Prior experience managing teams that contribute to or maintain open-source infrastructure

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
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
Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together

Remote (Worldwide)

Structure: Cloud Enablement team, part of Temporal’s Cloud Global Services (CGS) organization

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Temporal Technologies is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager

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