Software Engineer II, Open Source Server
Temporal Technologies· Remote, United States
Posted October 27, 2026
- Experience
- Not specified
- Pay
- $118K – $194K per year
- Education
- Not specified
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Work mode
- Remote
- Job type
- Full-time
About this role
Temporal develops an open-source workflow orchestration engine that enables developers to build reliable distributed applications. The Open Source Server team builds and maintains the core execution engine, task matching, scheduling, and developer primitives.
What you will do
- Design, implement, test, and ship features for the core Temporal server
- Work on distributed systems challenges across task matching, scheduling, and visibility
- Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable distributed solutions
- Improve server reliability and operability through tests, metrics, and documentation
- Participate in design discussions and code reviews across the codebase
What the employer expects
- Experience building and operating production backend and distributed systems
- Strong computer science fundamentals covering concurrency and data structures
- Production-quality coding experience in Go, Java, or equivalent backend languages
- Familiarity with core distributed systems concepts such as fault tolerance and consensus
- Ability to break down ambiguous technical problems into actionable tasks
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Flexible work arrangements
Skills
- Go
- Java
- Distributed Systems
- Concurrency
- Elasticsearch
- OpenSearch
- ClickHouse
- PostgreSQL
- Kubernetes
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