Temporal Technologies
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SeniorSoftwareEngineer,CloudIdentity
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“Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Identity at Temporal Technologies. Skills: Cloud Identity, Authentication, Authorization, Identity systems. Build and improve core parts of Temporal Cloud's. Authenticate users and workloads”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
On-call responsibility, Occasional travel
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solid hands-on experience building and operating production identity or auth systems, OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML, JWT, and token/key rotation, Good understanding of authorization models (RBAC, ABAC), Experience operating distributed systems in production, Some on-call responsibility
Nice to Have
Familiarity with policy engines like OPA, Cedar, or OpenFGA, Python, Java, or Rust proficiency, Exposure to workload identity or short-lived / federated credentials, Experience with SCIM provisioning and enterprise SSO integrations, Contributions to identity OSS projects, Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), Familiarity with Temporal or other durable-execution engines, Experience designing customer-facing API auth
What You'll Do.
Build and improve core parts of Temporal Cloud's
Authenticate users and workloads
Authorize access to namespaces and APIs
Integrate with customer identity providers
Deliver secure by default capabilities
Keep the developer and operator experience strong
Keep the auth path fast and reliable
Meet Temporal Cloud's SLOs
Manage token revocation
Integrate with enterprise identity providers
Support user provisioning
Address common identity threats
Partner with Security
Ship secure-by-default patterns
Contribute to IAM lifecycle practices
Contribute to audit practices
Write architecture docs
Contribute to team's technical direction
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Security; Partner with Product; Partner with infrastructure teams; Collaborate across security; Collaborate across product; Collaborate across engineering
Full Job Description
About Us 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. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen. Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble. Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you! Summary Temporal is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for Identity to help design, build, and operate the identity and access systems behind Temporal Cloud — a multi-tenant SaaS platform. You'll work on the systems that authenticate users and workloads, authorize access to namespaces and APIs, and integrate with customer identity providers. You'll partner with Security, Product, and infrastructure teams to deliver "secure by default" capabilities while keeping the developer and operator experience strong. What You'll Do Build and improve core parts of Temporal Cloud's identity platform — authentication (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML), authorization (RBAC and policy-based access), and workload identity — so customers and workloads can authenticate securely Help keep the auth path fast and reliable to meet Temporal Cloud's SLOs through caching, token handling, and revocation strategies Integrate with enterprise identity providers (Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace) and support user provisioning (SCIM), with attention to common identity threats such as token replay and privilege escalation Partner with Security, Product, and platform teams to ship secure-by-default patte
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