Engineering Manager - Supabase

About Supabase

Supabase is the Postgres development platform, built by developers for developers. We provide a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search. All services are deeply integrated and designed for growth.

About the Role

We're looking for Engineering Managers to lead engineering teams across Supabase. Teams range from developer-facing surfaces, core backend services, Platform, EngOps, and Databases.

This is a single pipeline for engineering management. As we get to know your background, we'll match you to the team where your experience and interests overlap most strongly. The Engineering Manager is a people, delivery, and technical role. While you won't contribute to code directly, you will participate in design discussions and set the bar for engineering quality and best practices.

Responsibilities

Team & People

• Build a healthy, high-trust team culture in a remote-first, globally distributed environment.
• Run 1:1s, performance management, career development, and onboarding for direct reports.
• Handle people admin (leave, time off, etc.) for your team.

Hiring

• Own the hiring plan for your team and act as Hiring Manager.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to source, interview, and close strong candidates.
• Contribute to headcount planning, org design, and the evolution of engineering leadership.

Delivery & Roadmap

• Own the team's roadmap and project management (Linear), driving accountability and clear milestones.
• Manage workflow intake and Slack triage.
• Own weekly updates and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Organize effort against support tickets and maintain the team's SLO.
• Surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs early to leadership.

Incident Commander

• Train as an Incident Commander to drive coordination, resolution, and post-incident follow-up.
• Lead blameless post-incident reviews.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• Have 5+ years of engineering background with depth in complex systems.
• Have 3+ years managing remote engineering teams, ideally in SaaS or developer tools.
• Are technical enough to be credible with strong engineers, but are genuinely passionate about people management.
• Build psychological safety and a feedback culture.
• Operate as a multiplier, focusing on helping individuals achieve more than they could alone.
• Coach rather than direct, removing blockers and trusting engineers to own their work.
• Have a track record of performance management and navigating difficult conversations.
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and capable of building structure.
• Communicate clearly and write well (default async/written).
• Are collaborative, low-ego, and adaptable.

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: We hire globally with a WeWork membership or co-working allowance.
• ESOP: Equity ownership for every team member.
• Tech Allowance: Budget to set up your ideal work environment.
• Health Benefits: 100% coverage for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Annual Off-Sites: Company-wide gatherings in a new city each year.
• Flexible Work: Asynchronous operations with trust in your time management.
• Professional Development: Annual education allowance for courses, books, and conferences.