Staff Product Manager, Developer Lifecycle & Tooling

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!

About the role

Developers should have a clear path from writing their first workflow to safely evolving their hundredth in production. Today, that path still requires too much setup, deep Temporal expertise, and manual validation.

We’re hiring a Staff Product Manager, Developer Lifecycle & Tooling, to own the strategy and roadmap for a coherent developer lifecycle: getting started, local development, testing and replay, deploy safety, code evolution, and the CLI experience.

You’ll partner with the product portfolio lead on platform priorities and with engineering and SDK leads to turn strategy into tooling that works across Temporal’s supported SDKs and production workflows.

In the first year, success means faster setup, more production-realistic local development, trusted testing and replay, earlier detection of unsafe code changes, and a more coherent CLI experience.

What you’ll do

Own the product strategy and roadmap for Temporal’s developer lifecycle and tooling charter

Define developer experience goals for onboarding, local development, testing, replay, code evolution, deploy safety, and CLI workflows, then measure progress against them

Translate customer, field, support, and open-source community signals into tooling bets that make Temporal easier to start with, test, debug, evolve, and deploy

Partner deeply with engineering and SDK teams to ship tooling across the CLI, local development environment, testing infrastructure, replay workflows, and deploy safety tools

Make opinionated product calls about where Temporal should provide built-in tooling, where we should integrate with existing developer workflows, and where documentation, templates, or examples are the right answer

Shape a coherent cross-SDK experience across Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, .NET, and other supported languages without blocking language-specific ergonomics

Define the external story for Temporal’s developer lifecycle through positioning, documentation, examples, launch narratives, and close partnership with Developer Relations, Marketing, and field teams

Ship improvements with the templates, migration guidance, examples, and adoption support developers need to use them successfully

What we’re looking for

8+ years of product management experience, with significant time on developer tools, SDKs, CLIs, testing infrastructure, CI/CD, or developer platforms

Experience turning ambiguous developer workflow problems into clear strategy, roadmap, success measures, and shipped outcomes

Strong technical fluency in software delivery workflows, testing, CI/CD, SDKs, CLIs, local development, or distributed systems

High standards for developer experience across CLIs, SDKs, APIs, documentation, examples, onboarding paths, and production workflows

Ability to translate emerging developer workflows, including AI-assisted coding and agentic tools, into requirements for CLIs, testing, deploy safety, and documentation

Ability to balance open-source developer experience, Temporal Cloud adoption, and enterprise production needs

Strong product storytelling for technical audiences, with the ability to explain not just what changed, but how developers should use it and why it matters

Nice to have

Hands-on experience building or contributing to a CLI, testing framework, CI/CD system, SDK, or developer tool

Experience with distributed systems, workflow engines, durable execution, or event-driven platforms

Experience building developer tools across multiple programming languages, SDKs, or runtime environments

Familiarity with adjacent developer platforms, orchestration tools, CI/CD systems, or modern developer automation

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $185,000 - $260,000, based on experience 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.

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.

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