Engineering Manager, Consumer (Remote, US)

Who We Are

Renew Home is on a mission to change how we power the world by making it easier for customers to save energy and money at home as part of the largest residential virtual power plant in North America.

We partner with industry-leading brands to better manage residential energy for users by prioritizing efficiency, savings, and comfort — and cleaner energy for everyone.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer striving to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels that they have a voice that is heard.

We strongly encourage candidates to check out our website at www.renewhome.com to learn more about the world-changing work we are doing.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of 4-6 software engineers in building, launching and maintaining scalable and robust software. You will oversee the development of systems that support our consumer product experience. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic vision, and strong leadership to guide the team in delivering reliable engineering solutions while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. As a manager at this level, you will demonstrate proficiency in domain expertise, people management, scope and impact, leadership, communication, and decision-making, aligning with expectations for engineering managers who can handle moderately complex issues and lead small teams effectively.

What You Will Do

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance, career development, and performance feedback to foster a high-performing and collaborative environment, including understanding leadership nuances, contributing to job descriptions, hiring plans, and participating in reviews and performance management actions.
• Guide and oversee the development of user-facing experiences and robust backend services and APIs that power these experiences.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, program management and other cross-functional teams to align technical execution with strategic product roadmaps.
• Manage the team's work across our technology stack, including Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP services (CDK, ECS/EKS, Redshift, S3, Pub/Sub, etc.), TypeScript, React, Prefect, Git, and Jira.
• Facilitate the team's participation in agile development processes, including stand-up meetings, retrospectives, and one-on-ones, and make routine decisions easily while starting to handle more ambiguous choices.
• Handle resource allocation, project prioritization, hiring, and onboarding to build and maintain a talented software engineering team, familiar with company policies like anti-harassment and employee review cycles.
• Stay abreast of industry trends in software engineering and cloud technologies, championing continuous improvement and innovation within the team, gaining industry-wide knowledge and applying it to refine processes.

Requirements:
• 8+ years of industry experience in software engineering or related fields, with at least 2-3 years in a leadership or management role overseeing technical teams (BS and 6-12 years of work experience preferred; MS counts as 1 year of experience).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or equivalent experience in the software industry.
• Proven track record as a self-starter who identifies strategic opportunities, drives initiatives, and empowers teams to implement solutions that enhance operational excellence, capable of dealing with moderately complex area issues.
• Hands-on experience in building and managing scalable systems in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP), containerization (ECS/EKS), serverless technologies, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CDK).
• Comfort balancing leadership and technical execution — willing to engage directly in design and implementation work while effectively managing, mentoring, and enabling the team.
• Solid software engineering skills with strong proficiency in our core stack—specifically Python, SQL, and some familiarity TypeScript/React —along with the ability to design to spec and deliver full-featured products.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with experience in mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, providing guidance on software engineering best practices, motivating teams, and presenting to larger groups as part of a team.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning, keeping the team updated on new software technologies and tooling, while understanding your own leadership style and leveraging it to develop and manage the team.
• Ability to make decisions with incomplete data and understand when it's important to act without a clear choice, while being comfortable with ambiguous situations.

• Bonuses:
• Experience in the electric power industry, IoT, or climate-tech sectors.
• Experience with cloud automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK.

Benefits:
What You'll Get

• A full-time position, with a competitive salary based on experience. The base salary for this role is: $200k - $240k. We use market data and consider your job family, background, skills, experience, and U.S. work location to determine compensation within our established pay range.
• Fully remote work environment with home office set-up allowance.
• Real and lived work-life balance - Company perks include no pre-set vacation limits (with a top-down culture of taking meaningful PTO every year!), parental leave benefits, and a corporate value of working sustainably and putting families first.
• Competitive benefits package that includes numerous health and wellness benefits.
• 401(k) plan, with employer contributions to the same.
• Opportunity to work with amazing people who are passionate about their mission, thriving in a fully-remote work environment, and learning and growing every day.

At this time, Renew Home is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration from the company, including training plans for foreign students.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Individuals seeking employment at Renew Home are considered without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identification, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.