Product Manager - Postgres

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 hiring a Product Manager to own Postgres itself at Supabase. Every Supabase project is a full Postgres database, and Postgres is the foundation that Auth, Storage, Realtime, and Edge Functions run on. You'll own the product experience of the database: Postgres versions and upgrades, maintenance, observability, extensions, and security.

You'll work closely with our Postgres engineering teams and with the PM lead for Databases. You'll define the Postgres requirements that architecture must meet and own how customers experience their database through that transition.

This role is ideal for someone who loves Postgres, sweats the details that make a database trustworthy, and is excited about improving the experience for millions of developers.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Postgres lifecycle management: Own major and minor versions, upgrade flows, and deprecation schedules to make upgrades routine rather than risky.
• Predictable maintenance: Design how maintenance windows are scheduled, communicated, and run so customer disruption is rare and expected.
• Database observability: Own query performance, metrics, logs, and advisors to shorten the path from "my database is slow" to a fix.
• Extension ecosystem: Determine which extensions to offer, evaluate new ones, and keep them working smoothly across versions.
• Postgres security: Manage roles, permissions, Row Level Security ergonomics, secure defaults, and response strategies for CVEs.
• Developer research: Gather input from indie developers to enterprise clients to inform product prioritization.
• Metrics & definitions: Define specs and success metrics (e.g., upgrade success rates, fleet adoption) before engineering builds.
• Cross-functional alignment: Keep Engineering, Support, and GTM aligned with clear roadmaps and deprecation notices.

Qualifications

Requirements

• 4+ years of Product Management experience on databases, developer tools, or infrastructure (or equivalent background as an engineer, DBA, or founder).
• Deep Postgres knowledge (or strong background in another relational database). Comfortable reading EXPLAIN output and discussing replication, WAL, roles, and extensions.
• Track record with high-reliability products where downtime and breaking changes are treated as core product challenges.
• Exceptional writing skills for specifications, announcements, and deprecation notices.
• Hands-on approach: Willingness to run queries, test upgrades, and evaluate extensions firsthand.
• AI-assisted workflow: Uses AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, and feedback synthesis.
• Async-first mindset: Ability to make written decisions and move projects forward without reliance on live meetings.

Strong Signal

• Experience working on a managed database service.
• Hands-on experience running production Postgres (upgrades, tuning, incident response).
• Work in database observability, performance tooling, or compliance products.
• Contributions to Postgres, extensions, or the open-source community.
• Previous experience building applications with Supabase.

What We Offer

• 100% Remote: Work from anywhere globally with a WeWork membership or co-working allowance.
• Equity (ESOP): Company equity options for all team members.
• Tech Allowance: Dedicated budget for your laptop, monitor, and home office setup.
• Health Benefits: 100% health insurance coverage for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Annual Off-Sites: Yearly week-long company retreat in a new city.
• Flexible & Async Work: Self-managed working hours and asynchronous operations.
• Professional Development: Annual education allowance for courses, books, and conferences.