Render
Cloud Platform
SolutionsEngineer
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“Solutions Engineer at Render. Skills: Solutions engineering, Cloud infrastructure, PaaS, Technical sales. Lead technical discovery with prospects. Deliver customized product demonstrations”
What You'll Achieve.
Win business; Guide migrations; Reduce time-to-value for prospects; Enable broader team to move faster; Build trust; Achieve best outcomes for customers and team
Industry & Context.
Debug a customer's failing deploy; Adapt a code sample; Build a POC integration; Handle technical objections
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.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in a pre-sales, solutions engineering, or technical sales role at a cloud infrastructure, PaaS, or developer tools company, Deep, hands-on familiarity with at least one major PaaS platform (Heroku, Render, Railway, Fly. io http: //Fly. io, or similar), Proficient across the modern web application stack: web servers, background workers, databases (Postgres especially), caching layers, CI/CD pipelines, and container-based deployments, Can write code—Python, Ruby, Node. js, Go, or similar—well enough to debug a customer's failing deploy, adapt a code sample, or build a POC integration, Understands networking fundamentals—private networking, egress control, TLS, custom domains, Excellent communicator: equally comfortable presenting to a VP of Engineering and pairing with a developer on a tricky migration issue, Track record of managing multiple simultaneous technical evaluations without sacrificing quality or responsiveness, Thrives in a fast-moving, early-stage environment and is excited to help shape process as a foundational member of the team
Nice to Have
Direct experience migrating production workloads from Heroku to any alternative platform, Familiarity with Render's product suite—Blueprints (render. yaml), Preview Environments, private services, and managed Postgres, Experience with AI/ML workloads: LLM inference endpoints, GPU compute, vector databases, or model serving, Background in technical content creation: migration guides, architecture blog posts, YouTube tutorials, or conference talks, Exposure to IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi) and how they interact with PaaS abstractions, Experience in a quota-carrying or quota-influenced pre-sales role at a high-velocity startup
What You'll Do.
Lead technical discovery with prospects
Deliver customized product demonstrations
Architect and run proof-of-concept deployments
Serve as go-to technical expert for Heroku migrations
Develop and maintain migration playbooks
Handle technical objections and competitive comparisons
Respond to technical sections of RFPs
Collaborate with Account Executives
Synthesize field feedback into product input
Contribute to technical marketing content
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Account Executives; Build multi-stakeholder consensus across engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure decision-makers; Synthesize field feedback into structured product input for Engineering and Product
Communication Scope
Excellent communicator; Presenting to VP of Engineering; Pairing with developer on migration issue
Process & Methodology
Managing multiple simultaneous technical evaluations
Full 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 ephemeral 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
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