Staff Product Manager, Core Primitives
Core
Own strategy and roadmap for Temporal's Core Primitives to simplify code, improve reliability, and reduce operational burden for developers building long-running work and coordinating across systems.
Role type
Staff Product Manager (Platform/Infrastructure)
Builds
Core primitives, server capabilities, SDKs, APIs, and Cloud experience for Temporal
Domain
Developer tools, distributed systems, workflow orchestration, open-source software
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Platform product strategy, distributed systems fluency, API/SDK design, developer experience (DX) definition, technical storytelling, open-source community management, failure mode reasoning, scalability/cost tradeoff analysis
Preferred skills
Workflow engine experience, multi-language SDK experience, AI agent platform knowledge, hands-on engineering background
Technologies
Temporal server, APIs, SDKs, Cloud platforms, distributed systems frameworks
Responsibilities
Define product boundaries and success criteria for Core Primitives, translate customer signals into platform bets, partner with engineering to ship core behavior improvements, validate and iterate on developer experience goals, shape external positioning and launch narratives, ship documentation and migration guidance
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
