Senior Product Manager, Scalability & Compute
Job Description
Summary
As the Senior Product Manager focused on 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 and serverless execution models
Lead worker versioning initiatives to enable safe, zero-downtime code deployments with excellent developer experience
Evolve the Temporal Worker Controller for Kubernetes to provide worker management capabilities to the Kubernetes ecosystem
Define the path for 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 with Version Control, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment systems
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.