Product Designer, Observability

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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!

Temporal is an incredibly exciting and quickly growing start‑up with unicorn status. We are looking for an wonderful person to join our awesome design team. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a SAAS cloud offering from the ground up and s opportunity straddles our open‑source platform and our cloud self‑serve paid customer offering. Our self‑service cloud offering is at a very early stage and this is an opportunity to put your stamp on a product that is used by some of the largest companies in the world.

We would be remiss if we didn’t specifically highlight that the product design team is partnered with and supported by the absolute best and wildly talented frontend and backend engineers. There’s nothing we can’t do together.

• Lead the design of Temporal's observability, analytics, and insights experience across both the open‑source and Temporal Cloud platforms, creating cohesive solutions that help users monitor, understand, and optimize their Temporal Workflows.
• Design intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces that make complex system metrics, Temporal Workflow execution data, and performance insights accessible and actionable for both technical and non‑technical users.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineers to plan, validate, and iterate on project scope and delivery.
• Conduct user research with developers, platform engineers, and operations teams to understand their observability needs, pain points, and mental models when debugging and monitoring distributed systems.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to create low and high‑fidelity mockups, interactive prototypes, and data visualization designs to validate concepts with users and stakeholders.
• Establish design patterns and design system components for displaying time‑series data, Temporal Workflow traces, execution histories, and system health metrics that scale across the product.
• Ensure accessibility and compliance with WCAG Level AA 2.1 standards.

• You are a self‑starter with a passion for making complex technical systems understandable and usable.
• You have experience designing data‑heavy products such as dashboards, analytics tools, data visualizations, monitoring systems, or developer platforms.
• You are super passionate about building accessible, usable, and high‑quality products that delight users while meeting WCAG Level AA 2.1 standards.
• You are happiest when working remotely, but are open to travel once a quarter to meet with the team.
• You enjoy collaborating with other Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, and subject matter experts to produce something you'll be proud of in a timely manner.
• Above all else, you are a highly motivated team player who thrives on having ownership over core parts of the user experience in an exciting, ambitious, and fast‑paced company.
• 6+ years of professional experience building digital products and working in a creative environment, with demonstrated experience designing data visualization or analytics features.
• Strong proficiency using Figma and comfort working with data visualization libraries and design systems.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment that is constantly evolving, especially in the open‑source and cloud‑native…