Staff Product Manager - Agent & Systems Observability
Render · Remote · Remote: United States ·
COMPENSATION
$218k – $300k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level role
- Fully remote
- Observability focus
- AI & LLM tools
- No new visa sponsorship
You will own the roadmap for observability at Render, spanning traditional systems telemetry and the emerging field of agent observability. Your work involves defining how teams debug and monitor software where production incidents trace through services, queues, and autonomous agent decisions.
The role requires balancing foundational infrastructure with near-term product needs. You will partner with engineering teams to optimize signal fidelity and query performance while making token economics legible for users building LLM-powered applications.
What you'll do
- Define strategy and roadmap for systems and agent observability
- Balance foundational telemetry infrastructure with product needs
- Partner with engineering to shape telemetry pipeline architecture
- Develop point of view on observability for AI-native builders
- Ensure architectural decisions optimize for cost and scale
What you'll need
- 7+ years in Product Management experience
- Background in observability, monitoring, or developer tools
- Fluency with OpenTelemetry ecosystem and conventions
- Understanding of AI workload economics and token pricing
- Ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear strategy
- Strong communication and storytelling skills
Nice to have
- Experience as SRE or infrastructure engineer
- Hands-on experience building or instrumenting AI agents
- Contributions to OpenTelemetry open-source projects
- Work on LLM gateway, proxy, or metering products
Stack
- OpenTelemetry
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Home office stipend provided
- No new visa sponsorship available
- Existing visa transfers considered at discretion
What you get
- 4 weeks paid vacation
- 14 weeks fully paid parental leave
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage
- 99% employer-paid dental and vision
- Monthly lifestyle and wellness stipend
- Cell phone and internet subsidy
- Long-term disability and life insurance
- 401K plans available