Staff DX Engineer

Render

. Build tutorials, demo apps, and videos showing developers how to build real applications on Render, focusing on AI applications, agents, and Render AI runtime products such as Render Workflows .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $236,000 - $289,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building developer content and setting technical direction, with strong backend skills in Node.js, TypeScript, and Python. Proficient in AI agent workloads and capable of delivering end-to-end solutions while ensuring high-quality standards.

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Full-Stack Engineering ExperienceStrong Backend Skills with Node.js/TypeScript, Python, and PostgresDeep Knowledge of AI Agents and WorkloadsExcellent Technical WritingExperience with MCP Servers and LLM APIs

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Hard Skills

Node.jsTypeScriptPythonPostgresDockerAI AgentsMCP ServersLLM APIsTechnical WritingFull-Stack Development

Soft Skills

Project OwnershipIntuition for Developer ToolsUser Experience Focus

Tools & Technologies

Render CLIRender WorkflowsGitHubDurable Workflow SystemsBackground Job Systems

Industry Keywords

Developer ToolsInfrastructureAI ApplicationsContent RoadmapTechnical Direction

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build tutorials, demo apps, and videos showing developers how to build real applications on Render, focusing on AI applications, agents, and Render AI runtime products such as Render Workflows
Own Render templates and the render-examples GitHub organization for commonly requested frameworks
Ensure everything shipped deploys and runs
Build agent skills, automation, and internal tools to reduce repetitive content and operations work
Improve Render's visibility in LLM and answer-engine results
Investigate why Render is missing from relevant answers and ship content or fixes
Alpha test new releases end to end and document failures for Product and Engineering
Contribute code to developer-facing surfaces including the Render CLI, MCP server, SDKs, and docs
Shape the content roadmap and quality bar with Product, Engineering, and Marketing
Iterate based on feedback and metrics
Set technical direction for DX Engineering's content and tooling
Raise team standards through reviews, standards, and individual work

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years building developer content, or working as an engineer who teaches, at a developer tools or infrastructure company
Experience setting technical direction and raising the bar for a team
Full-stack engineering experience
Strong backend skills with Node.js/TypeScript, Python, and Postgres
Comfort with Docker and containers
Enough frontend skill to ship sample apps end to end
Deep, hands-on knowledge of AI agents and their workloads
Experience building and deploying agents that call tools, run code in sandboxes, and handle long-running tasks with retries and state
Knowledge of infrastructure needs for AI agent workloads
Experience with MCP servers, agent frameworks, LLM APIs, evals, and durable workflow or background job systems
Daily fluency with coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
Excellent technical writing
Track record of owning projects end to end with little direction
Strong intuition for developer tools and a love of well-crafted user experiences
Render experience is a nice-to-have
AEO or SEO experience is a nice-to-have
Public body of work is a nice-to-have
Workshop and technical talk presentation experience is a nice-to-have
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Generally not eligible for new visa sponsorship; existing visa transfers may be sponsored at Render's discretion with business authorization

Benefits

Comp & perks

4 weeks of paid vacation
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents
Long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
401K plans
100% employer-paid medical coverage for you and a dependent
99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent
FSAs and HSAs
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
Equity
Remote work within the United States
Option to work out of headquarters in San Francisco