Senior Engineering Manager, Temporal

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, including experience designing developer-facing APIs
• 3+ years of experience managing or tech-leading public product with a focus on developer experience, platform tooling, or similar domains
• Proven success in shipping developer tools or platform APIs that are intuitive, consistent, and delightful to use
• Experience working with distributed systems, with a solid understanding of the challenges developers face when building on top of them
• Deep understanding of software design principles, especially as they relate to usability, backward compatibility, and long-term maintainability
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to drive alignment across engineering, product, and design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate technical and product decisions to stakeholders
• A track record of building strong engineering teams and nurturing an inclusive, empathetic, and high-performance culture

Desirable

• Temporal is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Developer Experience team within the Temporal Core organization (Open Source Server, OSS)
• This team owns everything from long-term strategic efforts like Nexus to smaller improvements that make developers more productive day-to-day
• Our customers are developers all over the world building mission-critical distributed applications
• You’ll work closely with the SDK team and product team to deliver a consistent and intuitive experience
• This is a unique opportunity to shape Temporal’s developer surface area and foster a culture of empathy, innovation, and user-first thinking
• You will lead projects like Nexus, Schedules, WorkflowUpdate, WorkflowPause and future developer-facing features
• Recruit, grow, and retain top engineering talent through coaching, mentorship, and career development
• Own team-wide responsibility for day-to-day execution against priorities, focused on improving the experience for developers using Temporal
• Foster key partnerships between leadership, engineering, and product teams
• Collaborate with product, design, and user research to deeply understand developer pain points and translate them into impactful product capabilities
• Own the roadmap and execution for key developer experience features such as Nexus, Schedules, WorkflowUpdate, WorkflowPause, and future workflow capabilities
• Promote API design best practices, usability, consistency, and maintainability
• Establish and reinforce high standards of engineering quality, documentation, and testing—developer experience begins with the code
• Work closely with the Open Source community, collecting feedback and advocating for users
• Champion a culture of empathy for developers both inside and outside the company