Yimin Chen

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Director of Engineering at Temporal Technologies

United States

Overview

Yimin Chen is the Director of Engineering for the Temporal Core Platform, where he leads the server and SDK teams. A graduate of Tsinghua University, his expertise is in distributed workflow systems, a focus he has maintained since his time at Uber, where he was an engineer on the Cadence project.

He previously worked on Cadence at Uber, the open-source workflow engine that was the direct predecessor to Temporal.

Personality Overview

Unexpressive

Process Oriented

Overcautious

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.  Being observant comes to them naturally. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Topics They Care About

Workflow Engines
His career is centered on this technology, from developing the Cadence engine at Uber to now leading the core platform for its successor, Temporal.
Developer Experience
His role involves leading the SDK teams and improving developer-facing functionality. He has highlighted the need to improve developer experience in hiring posts.
AI Infrastructure
He proudly shares that companies like OpenAI leverage Temporal to build scalable products like ChatGPT and Codex, indicating a strong interest in this application area.

Media Appearances

Yimin has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Director of Engineering at Temporal Technologies
11-2021 - 5-2025
Engineering Manager at Temporal Technologies
8-2020 - 5-2021
Staff Software Engineer at Facebook
2-2017 - 7-2020
Sr Software Engineer 2 at Uber
11-2012 - 2-2017
Software Engineer at Facebook

Education

2003 - 2006
Master's degree from Tsinghua University
1999 - 2003
Bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University

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Insights For Selling To Yimin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Expect them to be vague in response to your questions, ask firmly and pointedly

DONT's

  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Yimin is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Yimin

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Yimin move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Yimin take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

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