Render

Senior Engineering Manager, Product

Remote: United States · Senior

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About the role

As a Senior Engineering Manager for Product Engineers, you will lead a group of talented builders creating the core developer experience of the Render platform.
This role blends strong technical leadership with product thinking: you'll partner closely with product managers and designers to translate user needs into high-quality, scalable systems that developers rely on every day.
You'll be responsible for guiding technical direction, developing engineers, building the team, and ensuring the team ships meaningful improvements quickly while maintaining the high standards that define Render's platform.

Lead and grow a team of product engineers, supporting their development through mentorship, feedback, and clear technical guidance.
Hire out your team and build it into multiple teams.
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.
Help the team break down complex problems into incremental milestones that deliver value quickly while supporting long-term platform evolution.
Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply in system design, architecture, and engineering tradeoffs.
We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
At Render, we're building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications.
Whether you're building LLM-powered applications, scalable SaaS products, or async processing pipelines, Render empowers teams to move fast and scale confidently from MVP to millions of users.

8+ years as an Engineer shipping products and/or features that have downstream impact on the business and product ecosystem
4+ years of experience managing people and developing engineers, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
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.
Experience improving engineering velocity through tooling, processes, and team practices.
Ensure teams maintain a strong understanding of the developer experience and customer impact of the features they build.

4 weeks of paid vacation.
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.
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.
Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
Continuous learning benefits & related support.
Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.

Partner closely with product management, customers, and internal teams to understand needs, align priorities, and ensure delivery of impactful features and solutions.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with product management, customers, and internal teams to understand needs, align priorities, and ensure delivery of impactful features and solutions.
Our mission is to eliminate the tradeoff between the power of hyperscalers and the simplicity of developer-friendly platforms-so teams can ship fast, scale reliably, and focus on their product, not infrastructure.

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