Senior Product Manager, SDK and Developer Primitives

Summary

Join Temporal as a Senior Product Manager, SDK & Developer Primitives to define and evolve the core building blocks of the Temporal developer experience. Partner with engineering to shape core SDKs and programming models, enabling developers to build fault-tolerant, distributed applications. Define product strategy and roadmap for Temporal’s SDK and programming model, collaborating with product, engineering, and design partners. Translate complex technical requirements into simple, usable, and scalable developer experiences. Collaborate across teams to ensure a cohesive developer platform. Represent the developer's voice in product decisions, focusing on building tools that help users ship reliable systems efficiently. This role requires a strong technical foundation and experience with developer platforms, SDKs, APIs, or infrastructure products. A developer-first mindset and 5+ years of product management experience are essential.

Requirements

• A strong technical foundation and the ability to dive deep with engineers—experience working with developer platforms, SDKs, APIs, or infrastructure products is required
• Hands-on experience writing code in one or more languages (e.g., Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, Rust, etc.)
• Prior experience building or contributing to developer tools, programming models, or infrastructure abstractions
• A developer-first mindset and a passion for improving the ergonomics, usability, and clarity of complex systems
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear product requirements and prioritize trade-offs to deliver impact quickly
• Strong understanding of Product Management fundamentals, including product lifecycle management, market research, roadmap development, prioritization, and translating customer needs into actionable product requirements
• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, or a hybrid background that includes software engineering and product work

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the core programming primitives that make up the Temporal SDKs—ensuring they are consistent, composable, and aligned with the expectations of modern developers
• Engage deeply with the developer community to understand how real teams use Temporal, where the abstractions help, and where they get in the way
• Define product strategy and roadmap for Temporal’s SDK and programming model in close collaboration with product, engineering, and key design partners
• Translate complex technical requirements into simple, usable, and scalable developer experiences
• Collaborate with teams across SDKs, server, and web UI to ensure a cohesive and forward-looking developer platform
• Represent the voice of the developer in all product decisions, ensuring the tools we build help users ship reliable systems with less cognitive overhead

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of distributed systems is a plus

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, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
• 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, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness
• $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
• $1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
• $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
• $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
• $500 / Year Professional Memberships
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness