[Hiring] Software Engineer II, Cloud Capacity @Temporal Technologies

Role Description

The Cloud Capacity team ensures the Temporal Cloud scales efficiently and reliably as our customers grow. As a Software Engineer II, you’ll build and improve the systems that track resource usage, forecast demand, and support automated capacity planning. Your work will help make our cloud more efficient, cost-effective, and predictable.

• Implement features and services that track resource utilization and support capacity forecasting across compute, storage, and networking.
• Build components of our resource management systems to improve infrastructure efficiency and customer experience.
• Contribute to tools and automation that help the platform scale reliably in a multi-tenant cloud environment.
• Work closely with senior engineers to design and evolve systems that support autoscaling, workload isolation, and performance guarantees.
• Collaborate with Cloud Infrastructure, Product, and Finance partners to provide accurate usage insights and surface technical constraints.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and on-call rotations to ensure quality and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend or distributed systems in a production cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure preferred).
• Practical understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts such as compute, storage, networking, and resource utilization.
• Familiarity with container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes) and related tooling.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—you work well with teammates and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to break down complex infrastructure problems into clear, actionable engineering tasks.
• 3–6+ years of experience building production software using Go, Java, or similar languages.

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!

Company Description

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!