Senior Engineering Manager - Open Source Server

Job Description

Temporal Technologies is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Developer Experience team within the Temporal Core organization, focusing on the Open Source Server (OSS). This role involves shaping Temporal’s developer surface area and fostering a culture of empathy, innovation, and user-first thinking. The Senior Engineering Manager will:

• 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.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• 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.

Temporal Technologies offers:

• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance
• Empower 401K Plan
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!