Postgres Engineering Lead — Build Scalable DevTools

Render; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Health insurance

401(k)

Dental & vision coverage

Wellness stipend

Commuter benefits

Home office stipend

Learning & development

Job summary

Render is seeking an Engineering Manager for Postgres who will lead a talented team building and maintaining the Render Postgres product. You will partner with product managers and designers to translate user needs into a scalable system that hundreds of thousands of developers rely on.

The role requires strong engineering background, ownership, and a passion for building developer-friendly products. You will drive technical direction and mentor engineers while delivering meaningful, rapid

Qualifications

• 8+ years as an engineer shipping products or features with business impact.
• 2+ years of people management experience, including mentoring and performance management.
• Strong ability to engage in system design, architecture, and tradeoffs.
• Product-oriented mindset translating business goals into roadmaps and features.
• Ability to balance urgency with thoughtful, high-quality execution.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across eng, product, and design.
• Experience building developer platforms, cloud infra, or distributed systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Postgres engineers with mentorship and clear guidance.
• Drive execution on product initiatives from ideation to launch with reliability and quality.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Infra to translate user needs into technical roadmaps.
• Guide system design decisions and manage architectural tradeoffs.
• Foster ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across the team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System design

Product mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership

Communication

Job description

Render is seeking an Engineering Manager for Postgres who will lead a talented team building and maintaining the Render Postgres product. You will partner with product managers and designers to translate user needs into a scalable system that hundreds of thousands of developers rely on.

The role requires strong engineering background, ownership, and a passion for building developer-friendly products. You will drive technical direction and mentor engineers while delivering meaningful, rapid