Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundations (AI Agent Optimization)

Temporal · United States (Remote) · Remote-friendly

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Company: Temporal
Location: United States (Remote)
Employment type: Full-time
Posted: August 5, 2026

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ROLE SUMMARY We have an opening to hire a Staff Software Engineer - Agent Optimization Temporal provides a reliable foundation powering AI leaders such as OpenAI, NVIDIA, Cursor, Lovable, and others. Its adoption is expanding to users spanning a broad range of AI applications ranging from agents to data pipelines and everything in between. The mission of the AI Foundations team is to accelerate Temporal adoption across the entire ecosystem. Our approach combines a deep understanding of use cases with rigorous application of computer systems and software design principles. In this role, you will lead our agent optimization efforts. You will design tools and mechanisms to help Temporal users build agents that are optimized for token spend and response time while maintaining result quality.…

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