Temporal Technologies · 9 hours ago
Senior Solutions Architect, Commercial - San Francisco
Temporal Technologies is an open source programming model company on a mission to simplify code and improve developer experience. They are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to support the Commercial Sales team, working across the full sales cycle and helping customers maximize their use of Temporal in production.
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Responsibilities
Partner with Account Executives throughout the sales cycle to qualify new opportunities, run technical evaluations, and expand production usage with existing customers
Lead technical conversations with developers, architects, and engineering leaders to understand their systems, constraints, and business objectives
Build tailored demos and proof-of-concepts that showcase how Temporal solves specific customer problems, including orchestration of AI and agentic workloads
Deliver enablement sessions that help customer engineering teams adopt Temporal effectively
Create reusable technical assets that accelerate deals and scale the team's impact
Enable the Commercial Sales team by educating AEs on Temporal fundamentals, common patterns, and opportunity qualification
Manage multiple prospects and customers simultaneously, prioritizing effectively across urgent needs and strategic work in a fast-moving environment
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Developer Success to surface field insights that influence the roadmap
Qualification
Required
Strong development background with hands-on coding experience in at least one modern language (Go, Java, TypeScript, or Python)
Deep understanding of distributed systems (reliability, observability, and fault tolerance)
Proven experience in a pre-sales, customer-facing engineering, or solutions architecture role working with technical buyers
Exceptional time management and prioritization skills with the ability to thrive in high-volume environments
Enthusiasm for AI/ML technologies and eagerness to learn about emerging use cases in agentic workflows and LLM orchestration
Strong technical communication skills and ability to lead conversations with senior engineers while translating complex concepts for diverse audiences
Comfortable creating structure where there is none
Preferred
Experience with workflow engines, event-driven architectures, or orchestration technologies (Temporal, Cadence, or similar)
Background articulating the value of commercial SaaS offerings that compete with open source alternatives (Redis, Kafka, Databricks, etc.)
Contributions to developer tooling, open source projects, or technical content
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to serve as a technical bridge between customers and internal teams
Certifications with any of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or foundational AI model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google)
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!
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
$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)
$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.
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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
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