Senior Engineering Manager, Product

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and grow a team of product engineers, supporting their development through mentorship, feedback, and clear technical guidance
• ▹Hire out the 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 to translate customer needs into thoughtful technical solutions and roadmaps
• ▹Engage deeply in technical discussions, guiding system design decisions and architectural tradeoffs
• ▹Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• ▹Help the team break down complex problems into incremental milestones that deliver value quickly while supporting long-term platform evolution
• ▹Ensure the team maintains a strong understanding of developer experience and customer impact
• ▹Partner with product management, customers, and internal teams to align priorities and deliver impactful features

Requirements

• ▹8+ years as an engineer shipping products and/or features with downstream business impact
• ▹4+ years of experience managing 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
• ▹A track record of successful collaboration with product, marketing, and customer support teams
• ▹Ability to balance urgency with thoughtful execution
• ▹Able to turn ambiguous problems into achievable goals
• ▹Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and design
• ▹A strong sense of ownership and accountability for both team outcomes and long-term system health
• ▹Experience improving engineering velocity through tooling, processes, and team practices

Nice to have

• ▹Experience building products for developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, or DevTools
• ▹Background working on highly scalable distributed systems or infrastructure platforms
• ▹Experience building products used directly by developers or technical users

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹4 weeks of paid vacation
• ▹14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents
• ▹Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401k plans
• ▹100% employer-paid medical coverage, 99% employer-paid dental and vision (employee + one dependent)
• ▹FSAs and HSAs available
• ▹Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health, therapy, hobbies, etc.
• ▹Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy
• ▹Commuter benefits (Bay Area) or home office stipend for remote employees
• ▹Continuous learning benefits & support

About the company

Render is the modern cloud platform for developers building AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications, aiming to eliminate the tradeoff between the power of hyperscalers and the simplicity of developer-friendly platforms. Trusted by over 6 million developers, it raised a $100M Series C in February 2026, bringing total funding to $257M.