Engineering Manager, Platform

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and grow a team of platform engineers through mentorship, feedback, and clear technical guidance
• ▹Drive execution on key product initiatives from ideation through launch
• ▹Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• ▹Engage deeply in technical discussions, guiding system design decisions and architectural tradeoffs
• ▹Stay up to date with industry trends and developer practices to inform team learning
• ▹Help the team break down complex problems into incremental milestones
• ▹Partner with teams like Runtime, Security, and Product to align priorities

Requirements

• ▹8+ years as an engineer on an Infrastructure or similarly shaped team, shipping products or features for other developers
• ▹4+ years of experience managing people and developing engineers, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management
• ▹Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and design
• ▹Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply in system design and architecture
• ▹Ability to translate engineering goals and user needs into roadmaps and shipped features
• ▹A strong sense of ownership for both team outcomes and long-term system health
• ▹Experience improving reliability and/or developer experience through tooling and processes
• ▹Deep experience with open source technologies supporting internal platform tooling, build/deploy systems, CI/CD, and observability

Nice to have

• ▹Background working on highly scalable distributed systems or infrastructure platforms
• ▹Experience managing large fleets of developer environments, sandboxes, or testing ecosystems
• ▹Experience building platforms and/or products used directly by developers

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 and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent
• ▹FSAs and HSAs available
• ▹Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness and mental health
• ▹Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy
• ▹Commuter benefits (Bay Area) and home office stipends for remote employees
• ▹Continuous learning benefits and support

About the company

Render builds the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. The platform is trusted by over 6 million developers worldwide; in February 2026 it raised $100M in Series C financing, bringing total funding to $257M.