Senior Product Manager, Scalability & Compute

About Us

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. 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!

Summary

As the Senior Product Manager focused on worker scalability & compute, you will own how developers deploy, host, and scale Temporal workers. You'll shape the compute runtime story for Temporal, from self-managed Kubernetes deployments to fully serverless execution. This role directly impacts developer experience: how easy it is to get workflows running, version them safely, and scale them automatically.

What You'll Do

Own the roadmap for worker deployment options, including self-hosted and serverless execution models

Lead worker versioning initiatives to enable safe, zero-downtime code deployments with excellent developer experience

Evolve the Temporal Worker Controller for Kubernetes to provide worker management capabilities to the Kubernetes ecosystem

Define the path for serverless worker execution, removing infrastructure management from the developer experience entirely

Partner with engineering to improve worker tuning, resource efficiency, and scaling behavior across diverse compute environments

Collaborate with customers and community to understand worker deployment pain points and validate solution directions

What You Bring

Strong background in compute platforms: serverless (Lambda, Cloud Run, App Engine), container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS), or similar infrastructure

Experience with Version Control, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment systems

Experience building developer-facing products where deployment simplicity and operational excellence are key differentiators

Familiarity with autoscaling systems, workload scheduling, and resource optimization at scale

Understanding of code versioning, deployment strategies, and the developer experience challenges of long-running stateful systems

Proven ability to translate complex infrastructure capabilities into intuitive developer experiences

A pragmatic, customer-focused product management approach with strong technical communication skills

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $180,000 - $230,000, depending on qualifications and location.

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.

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