Senior Product Manager, SDK & Developer Primitives

**About Temporal Technologies:**
Temporal offers an entirely new way to build scalable and reliable applications. Temporal enables developers to focus on writing important business logic, and not on managing state or worrying about the underlying infrastructure. Sequoia Capital led our last round of funding and our team has experience from start-ups and larger companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Uber, and more.
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. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere. Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.
We are committed to being user-obsessed, focusing on understanding and meeting developers’ needs. Dependability is at the core of everything we do. We prioritize employee wellbeing with competitive salaries, equity options, and a comprehensive benefits package. We embrace a remote-first culture with flexible schedules.
Join us on our mission to transform how applications are built.

**US Benefits Include:**
Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays, 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision, AD&D, LT & ST Disability and Life Insurance , Empower 401K Plan, Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!


**About The Role:**
We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager, SDK & Developer Primitives to help define and evolve the core building blocks of the Temporal developer experience. In this role, you’ll partner closely with engineering to shape the core SDKs and programming model that enable developers to build fault-tolerant, distributed applications with confidence. You’ll be a key player in making complex systems feel intuitive and powerful through thoughtful design of primitives, abstractions, and developer-facing APIs.

**What You'll Do / 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.

**What You'll Bring / Requirements / Qualifications:**
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.
Knowledge of distributed systems is a plus.

**Compensation:**
The estimated pay range for this role is $180,000 - $230,000.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.