[Remote] Engineering Manager, Object Storage
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Render is building a modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. The Engineering Manager for Object Storage will build and lead an engineering team developing scalable object storage products, guide technical direction, partner with cross-functional teams, and ensure reliable delivery of high-quality platform improvements.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a team of object storage 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, Design, and Infra 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
Skills
- • 8+ years as an Engineer shipping products and/or features that have downstream impact on the business and product ecosystem. Ideally, experience with building stateful services
- • 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
- • 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
- Offers Equity
- 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. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
- 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 are available as well.
- 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.
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