Engineering Manager, Render

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in management roles including managing and hiring managers
• Deep expertise in infrastructure technologies, particularly databases (Postgres, Redis) and distributed systems, with a track record of building scalable, reliable solutions
• Ability to balance long-term technical strategy, technical debt, and urgent enablement of product delivery with optimism and energy
• Ability to draw creative solutions from an expert team, and realize maximum business impact
• Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in written and verbal modes

Desirable

• Among our most successful and critical products are features we call “Keystones”: they are the backbone to our users’ services and ability to scale. We aim for these to be world-class offerings, with superior reliability, performance, and completeness. Currently these include Postgres, Redis, and ValKey
• This small team has a laser focus on excellence and creative thinking to outpace a broad market of competitors. We are looking for someone to lead this team with energy and business acumen, and build more critical Keystones for our customers
• Drive Product Excellence: Define and execute a vision for world-class infrastructure products (Postgres, Redis, ValKey), ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability that exceeds customer expectations.Lead and Develop the Team: Inspire, coach, and grow a team of high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, creativity, and ownership
• Create the Strategy and Roadmap: Collaborate with leadership and customers to identify market opportunities, prioritize product development, and build a roadmap for future "Keystone" offerings
• Build Operational Efficiency: Optimize team processes to balance innovation and technical debt management, while maintaining operational excellence and minimizing interruptions
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with product management, customers, and internal teams to understand needs, align priorities, and ensure delivery of impactful features and solutions

• 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
• 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