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[Remote] Engineering Manager, Object Storage

Remote Full-time Now Hiring

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.

Company Overview

  • Render provides a unified cloud for developers and teams to host all their applications, databases, and websites. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://render.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Render has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2026, 1 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.