Staff Developer Advocate, EMEA

Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.

Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.

Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge \’standard\’ thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we\’d love to hear from you!

Summary

The Staff Developer Advocate at Temporal Technologies will be the voice and face of our developer community in the EU. This role involves producing high-quality technical content, engaging with developers, and gathering feedback for product development. The successful candidate will drive developer engagement and contribute to the growth of our open-source community.

What You’ll Do

• Create Technical Content: Produce high-quality technical content such as blog posts, tutorials, guides, diagrams, and videos targeted at developers.
• Data-Driven Content Strategy: Use data to inform and evaluate content efforts, iterating based on performance and feedback.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with engineering and marketing teams to ensure consistent, high-quality content and messaging.
• Community Engagement: Actively engage with the developer community through forums, social media, and events, representing Temporal.io.
• Feedback Loop: Gather feedback from the community to influence product development and improve developer experience.
• Event Participation: Travel frequently to support and participate in developer events and conferences.

What You’ll Bring

• MUST reside in the United Kingdom and be eligible to work without sponsorship, with a strong preference for London.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a strong focus on AI and distributed systems.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in one or more of our SDK languages, distributed systems, state management, and workflow execution.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a developer advocate or relations role; building and engaging developer communities is a plus.
• The ability to attend meetings in the Pacific Time Zone 2-3 times a week

Bonus Points

• Experience in a developer advocate or relations role; building and engaging developer communities is a plus.
• Strong existing local network of developers. We will prioritize candidates with an existing track record of speaking and engaging in their local developer communities.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is £115,000 – £135,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal\’s equity plan.

Employee benefits and perks include Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays, 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision, AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance, Empower 401K Plan, and more.

International Benefits include Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States, perks for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.

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.