Owns full-cycle recruiting for go-to-market, general and administrative, engineering, and other functions. Partners with hiring managers and leadership to develop recruiting strategies, source diverse candidates, manage ATS workflows, negotiate offers, improve hiring processes, deliver strong candidate experiences, and support onboarding transitions. The role requires success in fast-paced, high-growth environments and emphasizes technical talent sourcing, collaboration, urgency, and values-aligned hiring.
About Us
SummaryTemporal 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!
We are looking for a collaborative and motivated Senior Recruiter to join Temporal. You’ll be stepping into a high-impact position during a pivotal stage of our growth, with direct visibility across executive leadership, hiring managers, and key business initiatives. In this role, you will play a key role in identifying and attracting exceptional talent across engineering, go-to-market, and general operations functions. Working closely with hiring managers, People Operations, and leadership, you’ll develop and execute recruiting strategies that uphold our commitment to hiring with intentionality and excellence.
Your efforts will have a direct impact on Temporal’s scaling trajectory, ensuring we bring in people who share our mission and values and contribute to our culture of excellence and belonging.
What You’ll Do- Support hiring across our G&A and non-technical functions, including finance, operations, marketing, and sales, adjusting your approach to meet different team dynamics.
- Partner closely with hiring managers and teams to understand hiring needs and priorities across departments.
- Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer negotiation and closing in a fast paced and competitive talent market.
- Source high-quality, diverse talent through creative outreach, networking, and tools like HireEZ, and open-source communities.
- Manage and optimize recruiting workflows using our ATS (Ashby) to ensure a smooth, data-informed hiring process.
- Provide a world-class candidate experience that reflects Temporal’s values.
- Proactively identify and remove process bottlenecks, ensuring velocity without compromising quality.
- Support onboarding transitions in collaboration with People Operations.
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with exposure to finance, operations, marketing, and sales roles.
- Proven success in a fast-paced environment at a high-growth startup or infrastructure /dev-tool company
- Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates and engage technical talent communities.
- Strong working knowledge of ATS (Ashby strongly preferred) and Sourcing platforms
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable interfacing with senior leadership.
- Meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills, able to juggle multiple searches without dropping the ball.
- Collaborative mindset with a passion for building diverse, values-aligned teams.
- A strong sense of urgency balanced with thoughtfulness and care in decision-making.
- Familiarity with open-source communities or experience supporting developer-centric products, but curiosity and willingness to learn go a long way
- The estimated pay range for this role is $108,000 - $178,500
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.
Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.
Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded.
U.S. Benefits
- Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
- 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
- AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
- Empower 401K Plan
- Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
International Benefits
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, home office setup, professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.
Travel
Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
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.
We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.
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