With over 30,000 customers, including a third of Fortune 500 companies, Tempo is trusted by organizations across the globe to make their workflows work better.

We create a suite of integrated solutions for time management, resource planning, budget management, roadmapping, program management, reporting and more. We create the tech that enables the up-to-date team to deliver – for every step from first vision to value.

Since our beginning in 2007 as a project to make a time-tracking tool to help a client – Tempo has expanded to become the #1 time management add-on for Jira, and we have developed and acquired a multitude of tools to become one of the most trusted names in the Atlassian ecosystem.

We want everyone to work better – but we also want to be a tech company with a heart. Join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and help the world work smarter, not harder.

About the role: We are looking for a passionate and experienced software developer to join our Platform Team. You will be responsible for building and maintaining the foundational infrastructure that powers all of Tempo's cloud products – Tempo Timesheets, Capacity Planner, and Financial Manager for Jira Cloud. As a Staff Developer, you'll drive technical decisions, mentor engineers across teams, and ensure our platform is scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly. The best fit for our team is someone who thinks holistically about systems, cares deeply about developer experience, and wants to solve complex infrastructure challenges at scale.

What you’ll do:

Design, build, and maintain platform infrastructure including build systems, and shared libraries across Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, and TypeScript





Own and evolve gRPC protocol definitions and language bindings that enable cross-service communication

Develop and maintain infrastructure libraries for messaging (RabbitMQ), caching (Redis), and data persistence (DynamoDB, MongoDB)

Build and operate core platform services including organization management, tenant data lifecycle, and Jira Cloud integration

Drive technical standards, architectural decisions, and best practices across the engineering organization

Mentor and guide developers across multiple teams on platform usage and best practices

Improve developer experience through better tooling, documentation, and self-service capabilities

Ensure platform reliability, performance, and security through monitoring, observability, and operational excellence

Collaborate with product teams to understand their needs and translate them into platform capabilities

Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams and services

Write efficient, readable, maintainable, and testable code with comprehensive test coverage

Review code and provide constructive feedback that elevates the entire team

Who you are:

Has 8+ years of experience in server-side development with strong expertise in Java and/or Kotlin

Has experience building and maintaining platform/infrastructure systems at scale





Deep understanding of distributed systems architecture, including messaging patterns, caching strategies, and data consistency

Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration

Extensive experience with AWS services (DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, etc.)

Experience with gRPC/Protocol Buffers and designing cross-language APIs

Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Java/Kotlin, Go, Python, TypeScript) – ability to work across the stack

Experience with message queuing systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)

Strong database skills including SQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB with focus on performance optimization

Experience building developer tools, SDKs, or internal platforms

Track record of driving technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction

Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

Experience mentoring engineers and fostering technical growth across teams

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, system design

Upper-intermediate spoken and written English

Ability to work autonomously, make sound technical decisions, and drive projects to completion

Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, etc.) and operational best practices

Nice to Have:

Experience with Atlassian ecosystem and Jira Cloud development

Contributions to open-source projects or internal platform tools

Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and optimization

Background in SRE practices and prod

📌 Staff Software Developer (Winnipeg)
🏢 Tempo Software
📍 Winnipeg