Engineering Manager - Realtime

About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Realtime team at Supabase. The Realtime team enables developers to send low-latency messages between clients, track and synchronize user state, and listen to database changes.

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 your 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 at Supabase.

Delivery & Roadmap

• Own the team's roadmap and project management (Linear), driving accountability and clear milestones.
• Manage workflow intake and Slack triage.
• Own the team's weekly updates and keep stakeholders aligned without creating overhead.
• Organize effort against support tickets and maintain the team's SLO.
• Surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs early and clearly to leadership.

Incident Commander

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

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of engineering background, with enough depth to be credible with engineers building complex systems.
• Have 3+ years managing remote engineering teams.
• Have managed a team that built and ran a low-latency, high-connection service.
• Have strong technical credibility in distributed systems.
• Have led a team through production incidents on a customer-facing service.
• Understand what developers need from a real-time API or SDK, and have shipped one to customers outside your company.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Elixir, Erlang or BEAM.
• Experience with Postgres logical replication and Row Level Security.
• Managed remote, globally distributed teams that work asynchronously across disparate time zones.

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: We hire globally.
• ESOP: Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company.
• Tech Allowance: Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment.
• Health Benefits: Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Annual Off-Sites: Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun.
• Flexible Work: We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time.
• Professional Development: Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning.