Leads a team of product engineers building the core developer experience for Render's cloud platform. Partners with product and design to deliver scalable systems, provides technical guidance, mentors engineers, and drives execution from ideation to launch. Requires 8+ years engineering and 2+ years management experience.
192k – 265k
Remote8+ YOEEngineering Management
About the role
What You'll Do
Lead and grow a team of product engineers, supporting their development through mentorship, feedback, and clear technical guidance.
Drive execution on key product initiatives from ideation through launch, balancing speed with high standards of reliability and quality.
Partner closely with Product and Design teams to translate customer needs into thoughtful technical solutions and product roadmaps.
Engage deeply in technical discussions, guiding system design decisions and helping the team navigate architectural tradeoffs.
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across engineering practices and team processes.
Help the team break down complex problems into incremental milestones that deliver value quickly while supporting long-term platform evolution.
Ensure teams maintain a strong understanding of the developer experience and customer impact of the features they build.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with product management, customers, and internal teams to understand needs, align priorities, and ensure delivery of impactful features and solutions.
What We're Looking For
8+ years as an Engineer shipping products and/or features that have downstream impact on the business and product ecosystem.
2+ years of experience managing people and developing engineers, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply in system design, architecture, and engineering tradeoffs.
Product-oriented mindset with experience translating business goals and user needs into engineering roadmaps and shipped features.
Ability to balance urgency with thoughtful execution, helping teams ship quickly while maintaining high quality.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and design.
A strong sense of ownership and accountability for both team outcomes and long-term system health.
Nice-to-haves:
Experience building products for developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, or DevTools.
Background working on highly scalable distributed systems or infrastructure platforms.
Experience improving engineering velocity through tooling, processes, and team practices.
Experience building products used directly by developers or technical users.
A track record of successful collaboration with product, marketing, and customer support teams to drive adoption and retention.
Benefits
Equity with early-exercise options and extended exercise windows.
4 weeks of paid vacation.
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs available.
Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
Continuous learning benefits & related support.
Skills
System DesignArchitectureMentorshipHiringProduct RoadmapDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureDevtoolsEngineering ProcessesTechnical Leadership
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