Principal Backend Engineer
TemporalSan Francisco, CAremote$218K–$354KDataPosted 8d ago · Sep 5, 2026
Temporal is hiring a principal backend engineer to work on software engineering for durable execution platform for workflows that must not fail halfway.
What you would own
- Design, build and operate services that carry production traffic.
- Raise the reliability and latency bar for the systems you own.
- Review designs and mentor engineers across the team.
Skills
TypeScriptGoPostgreSQLReactAWSJavaRustgRPCTerraform
What Agraph knows about Temporal
The context a job board would not give you before you spend an evening applying.
Employees
310
+15% 90d
Open roles
41
+46% 30d
Remote share
71%
Activity score
55
0–100
Job posting spike
Temporal job postings up 46% in 30 days
Open roles moved from 28 to 41 over the trailing 30 days, with software engineer roles leading the increase.
Open job postings41+46%/ 30 days
A jump this size is a funded programme, not backfill — expect new teams rather than replacements.
VerifiedAgraph dataHigh importance67
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