Senior Product Manager Worker Scalability & Compute

Job Description

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 Senior Product Manager – 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, managed, and serverless execution models
• Drive the strategy for workflow and activity hosting, reducing the operational burden of running Temporal workers
• Lead workflow versioning initiatives to enable safe, zero-downtime code deployments with excellent developer experience
• Evolve the Temporal Worker Controller and KEDA integration for intelligent autoscaling based on workload characteristics
• Define the path toward 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 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, 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.

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.

Additional Perks

• $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
• $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
• $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)
• $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.

We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks.