Senior Product Manager, SDK & Developer Primitives

28 Minutes ago • 5 Years + • $180,000 PA - $230,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Product Manager, SDK & Developer Primitives role involves defining and evolving the core building blocks of the Temporal developer experience. This position requires close collaboration with engineering to shape SDKs and the programming model for building fault-tolerant, distributed applications. Responsibilities include understanding developer needs, defining product strategy, translating complex technical requirements, and representing the developer's voice. The Senior Product Manager will focus on making complex systems feel intuitive and powerful through thoughtful design of primitives, abstractions, and developer-facing APIs.

Must have:

Experience with developer platforms, SDKs, APIs, or infrastructure products.
Hands-on experience writing code in one or more languages.
Prior experience building developer tools or programming models.
A developer-first mindset for improving complex systems.

Good to have:

Knowledge of distributed systems is a plus.

Perks:

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
$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
$500 / Year Professional Memberships
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

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Job Details

Who We Are

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.

Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Summary

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

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

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.

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, In-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, 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.

Additional Perks

$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

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

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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