Staff Product Manager, Developer Lifecycle & Tooling

United States - Remote Opportunity · Remote · full time · Staff

$185,000 – $260,000

Listed on Temporal’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role owns the product strategy for making Temporal easier for developers to learn, build locally, test, and deploy safely across multiple programming languages. You'll work with engineering teams to create a seamless developer experience from first workflow to production, balancing open-source community needs with enterprise platform adoption.

Our summary, not Temporal’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

8+ years product management experience with developer tools, SDKs, CLIs, or developer platforms
Ability to translate ambiguous developer workflow problems into clear strategy and shipped outcomes
Strong technical fluency in software delivery, testing, CI/CD, SDKs, CLIs, or distributed systems
High standards for developer experience across CLIs, SDKs, APIs, documentation, and onboarding
Ability to balance open-source developer experience with Temporal Cloud adoption and enterprise needs
Strong product storytelling for technical audiences

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 or runtime environments
Familiarity with adjacent developer platforms, orchestration tools, or modern developer automation