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Staff Software Engineer, Builder Tools
Location
United States
Posted
54 days ago
Salary
$212K - $286K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, Builder Tools
Temporal Technologies
• Lead the design, build, and evolution of internal engineering tooling that improves builder flow and reduces friction across the company. • Define best practices and drive adoption of AI agentic coding tools through guidance, automation, and hands-on enablement. • Architect, develop, and operate internally facing agents that scale across teams and use cases. • Own and continuously improve developer workflows, including guardrails, evaluation frameworks, and guidance that enables safe and effective adoption of new tooling. • Own the strategy, development, and operation of our internal agent platform, setting direction and ensuring reliability and scalability. • Partner closely with stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A to identify high-impact opportunities where AI can accelerate work and improve outcomes. • Establish and drive measurement and feedback loops (usage, reliability, cost, and cycle time) to quantify impact, inform prioritization, and guide iteration. • Create and maintain clear documentation, playbooks, and enablement materials, and proactively drive adoption of paved roads across the organization. • Mentor and support engineers on the team, raising the bar on technical design, execution, and use of AI-enabled tooling. • Participate in on-call rotation, while identifying and driving improvements that reduce operational burden and improve the internal user experience.
Job Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of leading the design, delivery, and operation of production-quality internal platforms or developer tooling.
- Experience leveraging modern agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code, including defining best practices and driving adoption across teams.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used at Temporal, such as Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java, with the ability to make pragmatic, high-leverage technical decisions.
- Experience architecting and scaling workflow automation or internal tools (CLI tools, services, GitHub automation, cloud automation, or similar) used across teams or the organization.
- Strong judgment about when to standardize versus when to enable flexibility, and how to remove friction without compromising reliability, security, or long-term maintainability.
- Comfort leading cross-functional collaboration, including partnering with non-traditional developers and translating ambiguous needs into scalable, well-adopted solutions.
- Ability to use data and qualitative feedback together to define success metrics, prioritize effectively, and measure impact.
- Clear written communication, including documentation that enables self-service and scales knowledge across teams.
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!
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