People Partner

Render; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 4 weeks

Parental leave

Medical coverage

Dental & vision

401K plans

Lifestyle stipend

Cell phone stipend

Commuter benefits

Home office stipend

Learning benefits

Job summary

Render is building a cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, multi-service apps and aims to eliminate tradeoffs between hyperscalers and developer-friendly platforms. The People Partner will join Render’s People team as a strategic partner to EPD leaders, helping managers navigate growth and scale people practices as Render grows.

Based out of our SF office with ~3 days/week hybrid work. The role requires 8+ years as HRBP/People Partner supporting engineering or product leaders, with

Qualifications

• 8+ years as HRBP/People Partner for engineering or product teams.
• AI-forward mindset with ability to leverage tools to speed outcomes.
• Proven track record designing and running people programs.
• Strong analytical skills to diagnose org health and prioritize actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; coach leaders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering/product leaders as an advisor on org health, team dynamics and performance.
• Use AI to automate scheduling and streamline daily workflows.
• Diagnose organizational health and translate insights into concrete, prioritized action plans for leaders.
• Design and run people programs end-to-end (manager enablement, onboarding, engagement survey action planning).
• Coach managers and executives through growth, reorgs and performance conversations.

Skills

HRBP experience

Engineering/PM partnering

AI-minded

People programs

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ownership & accountability

Coaching leaders

Job description

At Render, we’re building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full‑stack, multi‑service applications. Our mission is to eliminate the tradeoff between the power of hyperscalers and the simplicity of developer‑friendly platforms—so teams can ship fast, scale reliably, and focus on their product, not infrastructure.

Unlike complex hyperscalers or imperative edge/serverless solutions, Render offers a developer‑first experience with persistent compute, dynamic autoscaling, built‑in orchestration, and observability, allowing teams to launch, scale, and manage real‑world applications without writing infrastructure code or managing servers. Whether you're building LLM‑powered applications, scalable SaaS products, or async processing pipelines, Render empowers teams to move fast and scale confidently from MVP to millions of users.

Our platform is trusted by over 6 million developers worldwide and continues to grow rapidly. In February 2026, we raised an additional $100M in Series C financing, bringing our total funding to $257M, to accelerate our vision of making cloud infrastructure both powerful and intuitive—designed for the speed of modern AI development.

We’re a diverse and talented team that values craft, velocity, and user experience. If you’re excited to help shape the future of the intelligent cloud and empower developers everywhere, we’d love to hear from you.

Applying to Render

We're seeking candidates who possess high integrity, humility, and an insatiable drive to learn. Through reasoned discussions and continuous feedback, we strive to improve both individually and collectively. We foster an environment of mutual trust and respect, empowering effective debate to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and team.

We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups in the tech community to apply and understand that not all successful candidates will meet each requirement listed.

Our interview process is unique to each role, and we value the candidate experience just as much as our customer experience. We hope your conversations with us reflect a thoughtful process that is illuminative, enjoyable, and respectful of your time.

About the Role

We are looking for a People Partner to join Render’s People team as a strategic partner to our Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) leaders. You’ll combine hands‑on HR business partnership with program‑design skills to help managers navigate growth, build high‑performing teams, and scale people practices as Render grows. This role is based out of our SF office (~3 days/week hybrid).

What You’ll Do

• Partner directly with EPD managers and leaders as a trusted, hands‑on advisor on org health, team dynamics, and performance
• Approach AI as a core productivity partner and proactively use AI to automate scheduling and streamline communications, research, and other daily workflows rather than defaulting to manual processes out of habit or hesitation
• Diagnose organizational health by looking for patterns across teams using survey data, 1:1s, and other signals and translate insights into concrete, prioritized action plans for leaders
• Design and run people programs end‑to‑end (e.g., manager enablement, onboarding, engagement‑survey action planning), driving stakeholder alignment and follow‑through to ensure programs actually change behavior
• Coach managers and executive leaders through growth, reorgs, and performance conversations, giving direct and pragmatic feedback including pushing back when needed
• Support engagement survey programs, helping leaders interpret results and align on the highest‑priority actions
• Build and scale manager enablement programs (onboarding, training, community) that create leverage for leaders across the company

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years experience as an HRBP / People Partner supporting engineering or product leaders, with demonstrated credibility with a Head of Engineering or Product
• AI-forward mindset: excited by AI tools, and consistently looking for ways to use them to increase velocity, output, and strategic value
• Proven track record designing and running people programs from scratch, including stakeholder management and measuring real impact (not just activity)
• Strong critical‑thinking skills able to distinguish symptoms from root causes, pattern‑match and prioritize the highest‑leverage actions across teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable coaching leaders on messaging, timing, and change management
• A strong ownership orientation holds self accountable for outcomes, seeks and applies feedback, and adjusts approach quickly
• Comfortable navigating difficult partnerships and giving direct feedback, rather than optimizing for harmony, and dissatisfied with the status quo or settling for conventional approaches

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience supporting teams through hyper scale 3x+ growth, scaling, or reorgs
• Experience designing or running manager enablement programs (onboarding, training, performance management)
• Experience with engagement survey programs including design, interpretation, and action‑planning
• Prior experience operating in both early‑stage and more scaled organizations

If this role excites you but you don’t meet every single requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your unique experience might be just what we need.

Benefits

• 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.

This position is generally not eligible for new visa sponsorship. At Render's discretion, the business may sponsor existing visa transfers. Applicants who require sponsorship must receive business authorization.

Render is an equal‑opportunity employer. We know that employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, product, and community to flourish. We make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional, and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

We encourage all who are interested to apply. We can't wait to hear from you!

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