Temporal Technologies · 4 months ago
Senior Solutions Architect - Commercial
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $250K/yrTemporal Technologies is an open source programming model company on a mission to simplify code and improve developer experience. The Senior Solutions Architect will serve as the primary customer-facing technical leader within the Commercial sales team, guiding prospects and customers through the evaluation and expansion of Temporal Cloud's capabilities.
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Responsibilities
Navigate high-volume, fast-paced sales cycles while managing multiple prospects and customers simultaneously
Help prospects evaluate Temporal Cloud, positioning it successfully against alternative technologies (and self-hosted Temporal) with a growing emphasis on AI/ML and agentic use cases
Support both pre-sales technical evaluation and post-sales expansion opportunities in our consumption-based business model
Partner with Account Executives to develop account plans, providing technical guidance on opportunity sizing and use case fit assessment
Own relationships with customer Technical Decision makers and create conditions for expanding production applications using Temporal
Prioritize effectively in a fast-moving environment, distinguishing between urgent and important customer needs
Qualification
Required
Strong development background with hands-on coding experience - you'll be working primarily with developer audiences
Exceptional time management and prioritization skills with ability to thrive in high-volume environments requiring frequent context switching
Enthusiasm for AI/ML technologies and proficiency with AI/LLM tools, with eagerness to learn about emerging use cases
Excellent technical communication skills and ability to construct application prototypes using Temporal's supported languages (Java, Go, Typescript, or Python)
Deep understanding of distributed systems, production operations (security, reliability, performance), and cloud provider services
Ability to provide architectural guidance on application patterns and platform architectures, and serve as a technical advisor to sales counterparts
Navigate high-volume, fast-paced sales cycles while managing multiple prospects and customers simultaneously
Help prospects evaluate Temporal Cloud, positioning it successfully against alternative technologies (and self-hosted Temporal) with a growing emphasis on AI/ML and agentic use cases
Support both pre-sales technical evaluation and post-sales expansion opportunities in our consumption-based business model
Partner with Account Executives to develop account plans, providing technical guidance on opportunity sizing and use case fit assessment
Own relationships with customer Technical Decision makers and create conditions for expanding production applications using Temporal
Prioritize effectively in a fast-moving environment, distinguishing between urgent and important customer needs
Preferred
Experience with AI/ML orchestration, workflow management, or related technologies
Thrives in fast-paced, high-change environments and enjoys staying current with emerging technologies
Strong partnership skills with customer engineering teams and ability to serve as an effective technical coach
Experience articulating the value of a commercial SaaS offering that competes with an OSS variant (Redis, Kafka, Databricks, etc.)
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with ability to serve as the technical bridge between customers and internal 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!
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com.
Additionally, 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.
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
Company
Temporal Technologies
Temporal Technologies provides an open-source platform that simplifies the development of scalable and resilient applications.
Founded in 2019
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$454.5MKey Investors
GICTiger Global ManagementGreenoaks
2025-10-01Secondary Market· $105M
2025-03-31Series C· $146M
2023-02-28Series B· $75M
Leadership Team
Samar Abbas
Co-Founder & CEO
Maxim Fateev
Co-Founder / CTO
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