Senior Software Engineer, Release Engineering

Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (or Software Engineer II) to join our Release Engineering team, focused on building and improving the systems that enable automated, reliable, and scalable software delivery across Temporal's platform.

In this role, you will participate in the full software lifecycle — from design and implementation to deployment and long‑term operation — and will collaborate with engineering teams to evolve release automation, improve tooling, and reduce manual steps in how we build and ship Temporal.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain tools and systems that support release automation and deployment workflows.
• Write clean, reliable, and concurrent code that supports distributed systems (e.g., build pipelines, deployment tooling).
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand and improve release quality and developer productivity.
• Document technical designs, deployment practices, and operational procedures.
• Participate in small‑team design reviews and contribute practical engineering solutions.

What You'll Learn

• Explore new ways to use Temporal to power the release and deployment lifecycle.
• Deepen your understanding of Temporal's architecture and service interactions.
• Experiment with new automation patterns, testing strategies, and workflow designs that increase release confidence.

What You Bring

• Strong coding ability, especially in languages used at Temporal (e.g., Go, Java, or similar).
• Solid understanding of concurrency, distributed systems, and multi‑threaded programming.
• Experience contributing to backend systems, tooling, infrastructure, or developer workflows.
• Track record of solving moderately complex problems with reliable, maintainable solutions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote, fast‑paced environment.
• Familiarity with release automation concepts, CI/CD pipelines, build tools, or deployment orchestration.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and container tooling.
• Exposure to distributed systems orchestration, observability tooling, or platform engineering.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $180,000 CAD – $240,000 CAD, depending on experience and location.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.