Staff Solutions Architect, Majors (Central)
At a glance
Senior role at Temporal Technologies. Remote, United States · full-time · $168,000–$220,500 base.
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What you'll do
- Assess prospects’ applications for fit with Temporal, then explain the platform and cloud service’s technical tradeoffs
- Show how Temporal compares with competing technologies and architectural approaches for enterprise development
- Help customer engineering teams grow Temporal use in production and deepen adoption
- Build account plans with Account Executives for new deals and customer expansion, tied to long-term outcomes
- Maintain technical decision-maker relationships and create reusable architectures, playbooks and demos for other architects
What you bring
- You live in the U.S. Central time zone, with Chicago, Dallas or Minneapolis preferred
- You communicate technical ideas clearly to engineers, platform teams and senior executives
- You bring deep knowledge of distributed systems and production concerns such as security, reliability, performance and cost
- You can prototype applications and guide their design, development and deployment in at least one supported language
- You have experience with a major cloud provider and can advise sales teams on opportunity sizing and technical fit
Who this fits
This senior, customer-facing role suits someone who can advise engineering teams and work strategically with sales account executives. You should be based in the U.S. Central time zone; Chicago, Dallas and Minneapolis are preferred. Expect travel of twenty-five to fifty percent.
From the employer
Role Summary
The Solutions Architect is Temporal’s primary customer-facing technical leader within the Majors team (Central). In this crucial role, you’ll work directly with prospects and customers, guiding them in understanding the suitability of their applications for Temporal’s platform and showcasing the technical advantages of our cloud service. Your contribution is vital in positioning Temporal against alternative technologies, helping customer engineering teams expand production applications using Temporal, and owning the technical relationship with key decision-makers. Your role is integral to our success.
What You’ll Do
Collaborate with prospects to determine if their applications fit Temporal’s platform well.
Educate customers and prospects on the technical benefits and limitations of Temporal’s platform and cloud service.
Position Temporal as an enterprise development standard against competing technologies and architectural patterns.
Foster an environment within customer engineering organizations to increase the adoption and expansion of Temporal in production environments.
Partner closely with Account Executives to develop and execute comprehensive account plans across both new opportunities and expansion, accounting for the customer's long-term success and outcome.
Manage and nurture relationships with technical decision-makers within customer organizations, ensuring they fully leverage Temporal’s capabilities.
Create reusable technical assets, reference architectures, playbooks, and demos that provides value for other Solution Architects.
Travel expected to be 25-50%
What You’ll Bring
Reside within the Central time zone (United States). Strong preference for Chicago, Dallas, TX or Minneapolis.
Exceptional technical communication skills across altitudes, from a staff-level engineer whiteboard to a platform-team enablement session to a VP/CTO narrative.
Deep understanding of distributed system technologies, design principles, and best practices.
Proficiency in building application prototypes and providing design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one or more of Temporal’s supported languages: Java, Golang, Python, C#, TypeScript, Ruby, or Rust.
Firm grasp of operational considerations in production environments, such as security, reliability, performance, cost management, and operations.
Ability to provide insightful advice on architectural topics, including application patterns and platform architectures.
Experience with at least one major cloud provider and familiarity with commonly used application development and production services.
Ability to serve as a strategic technical advisor to Sales Account Executives, assisting with scoping and sizing opportunities and offering guidance on technical fit and challenges.
Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.
Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.
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