Lead, Object Storage Engineering

Render; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks of paid vacation

14 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Long-term disability, life insurance,

401K plans

Monthly lifestyle stipend

Cell phone and internet subsidy

Commuter benefits for Bay Area Renders

Office/home office stipends

Job summary

Render is seeking an Engineering Manager for Object Storage to lead a talented team building a scalable object storage product on the Render platform. You’ll partner with product managers, designers, and infrastructure teams to translate user needs into high-quality technical solutions and roadmaps.

You’ll own technical direction, develop engineers, and ensure the team ships meaningful improvements quickly while upholding Render’s high standards for reliability and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as an Engineer shipping products with business impact.
• 2+ years of people management including hiring and performance reviews.
• Strong technical background with system design and architecture tradeoffs.
• Product-oriented mindset translating business goals into roadmaps and features.
• Ability to balance urgency with thoughtful, high-quality delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of object storage engineers with mentorship.
• Drive execution on product initiatives from ideation through launch.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Infra to translate needs into technical solutions and roadmaps.
• Guide system design decisions and architectural tradeoffs.
• Foster ownership and continuous improvement across engineering practices and processes.
• Break down complex problems into milestones delivering value quickly while evolving the platform.
• Ensure developer experience and customer impact are understood and measured.
• Collaborate with product, customers, and internal teams to deliver impactful features.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System design

Product mindset

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Render is seeking an Engineering Manager for Object Storage to lead a talented team building a scalable object storage product on the Render platform. You’ll partner with product managers, designers, and infrastructure teams to translate user needs into high-quality technical solutions and roadmaps.

You’ll own technical direction, develop engineers, and ensure the team ships meaningful improvements quickly while upholding Render’s high standards for reliability and developer experience.