Staff Solutions Architect, New Logo (US)

Temporal Technologies
Dallas +4 more
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in evaluating and advising on distributed systems and cloud application architectures.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in guiding engineering teams through platform adoption and technical evaluation
    — “guiding them in understanding the suitability of their applications for Temporal’s platform”
  • Individuals who can act as a technical bridge between engineering and sales teams
    — “Serve as a technical advisor to Sales Account Executives”
  • Professionals comfortable with client-facing technical engagements and building prototypes
    — “Able to construct application prototypes and follow through with design, development, build, and deployment guidance”

Things to consider

  • Travel commitment is significant, with 25-50% of time expected on client visits
    — “Travel expected to be 25-50%”
  • Candidates must be based in specific US time zones and locations
    — “Reside in the Central or Pacific time zone, with a preference for Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Francisco, or Seattle”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to influence technical decision-makers and explain platform benefits clearly
    — “Owning the relationship with customer technical decision-makers”
  • Showcase experience in building and deploying applications using Temporal’s supported languages
    — “using one of Temporal’s supported languages (Java, Golang, Typescript, Python, PHP)”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of cloud platforms and how they integrate with Temporal
    — “Comfortable working with at least one of the major cloud providers”
  • Emphasize your ability to communicate technical concepts effectively through presentations and whiteboards
    — “Excellent technical communication skills (presenting, whiteboarding, writing)”
  • Include examples of advising on application patterns and platform architectures
    — “Can offer helpful advice and good arguments to customers on architectural topics like application patterns and platform architectures”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • guide customers in understanding Temporal’s platform
  • expand production applications using Temporal
Typical background
software engineeringcloud services

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical CommunicationDistributed System TechnologiesApplication DevelopmentCloud Services

Preferred

Agentic AI SoftwareTechnical Coaching

Stack & domain

Distributed System TechnologiesDesign DecisionsBest PracticesApplication PrototypesDevelopmentDeployment GuidanceSecurityReliabilityPerformanceCost ManagementOperationsCloud ProvidersApplication DevelopmentProductionTechnical CommunicationPresentationWhiteboardingWritingTechnical AdvisorArchitectural TopicsApplication PatternsPlatform ArchitecturesSales-specific TrainingTechnical CoachCustomer EngineeringCloud ServiceAlternative TechnologiesTechnical RelationshipCustomer Technical Decision-makersCustomer OrganizationsCustomer Technical Choices

About the role

Original posting from Temporal Technologies via Ashby

ROLE SUMMARY

The Staff Solutions Architect is Temporal's primary customer-facing technical leader within the New Logo team, with a focus on the Central region. 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

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  • Help prospects understand if their application is suitable for Temporal
  • Help customers & prospects understand the technical benefits and drawbacks of the Temporal platform and cloud service
  • Position Temporal successfully against alternative technologies or technical patterns
  • Create the conditions in customer engineering organizations that allow them to expand the number of production applications using Temporal
  • Partner with Account Executives to develop and execute an overall account plan
  • Own the relationship with customer technical decision-makers in evaluating and operating temporal applications.
  • Travel expected to be 25-50%

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

  • Reside in the Central or Pacific time zone, with a preference for Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Francisco, or Seattle
  • Excellent technical communication skills (presenting, whiteboarding, writing)
  • Comfortable discussing distributed system technologies, design decisions, and best practices
  • Able to construct application prototypes and follow through with design, development, build, and deployment guidance using one of Temporal’s supported languages (Java, Golang, Typescript, Python, PHP)
  • Conversant in topics related to operating applications in production, such as security, reliability,  performance, cost management, and operations
  • Can offer helpful advice and good arguments to customers on architectural topics like application patterns and platform architectures
  • Comfortable working with at least one of the major cloud providers and using the various services commonly employed for application development & production
  • Serve as a technical advisor to Sales Account Executives - can help identify good/poor fit use cases, assist with scoping and sizing of opportunities, and anticipate where customer technical choices will work for or against Temporal

NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with agentic AI software SDKs and frameworks
  • Likes to learn new technical topics, often directly from Engineering
  • Can come up to speed without any sales-specific training (i.e., from docs, videos & conversations)
  • Partners well with engineers working at customer organizations
  • Serves as a good technical coach: likes to find ways to make others look smart

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.

Source: Temporal Technologies careers (Ashby)

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