Engineering Manager, Governance & Access

The role

You will lead the Governance & Access team to build security, governance, and access capabilities. You will design systems for identity, authorization, credentials, and delegation for both humans and agents.

What you will do

• Lead and grow the Governance & Access team
• Own the roadmap for governance, identity and access management, roles and permissions, and related compliance and security capabilities
• Define how these capabilities extend to agents operating on Render
• Partner with product and design partners to align roadmap with customer and platform needs
• Build a strong hiring and interview process
• Make key technical and architectural decisions for access, identity, and governance systems
• Coach and develop engineers through performance management and career growth
• Coordinate with the Security team and the Growth and Expansion org
• Balance security, usability, and speed

Required qualifications

• Strong people leadership
• Comfort operating in ambiguity
• Experience building and scaling a team from an early stage
• A track record of managing and developing engineers, including hiring and performance management
• Ability to partner closely with product and design

Nice to have

• Experience in security, governance, or access management (IAM, RBAC, compliance)
• Exposure to building for AI agents or agentic systems
• Experience managing senior (IC5-level) engineers
• Background in developer platforms or B2B SaaS products

Benefits

• 4 weeks of paid vacation
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• 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 available
• 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
• Home office stipends for remote Renders
• Continuous learning benefits & related support

Before you apply

• 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

About the company

Render is building a modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. The platform is trusted by over 7 million developers worldwide.