Engineering Manager - Spark

About this role

Supabase is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering efforts for Supabase Spark, an initiative focused on building scalable, agentic databases. The role involves guiding a remote, globally distributed team, contributing to design discussions, and upholding engineering quality and best practices without requiring code contributions. You will own the team’s roadmap, manage delivery, and coordinate with cross-team requests, while also handling people management, hiring, and incident response duties. The position targets experienced engineering managers with a strong background in backend systems, databases, and leadership of remote teams in cloud or SaaS environments. Supabase operates as a fully remote, globally distributed company offering ESOP, benefits, and professional development opportunities.

What you would do

• Build and maintain a healthy, high-trust team culture in a remote-first environment.
• Conduct 1:1s, manage performance, and support career development for direct reports.
• Handle people administration such as leaves and time off for the team.
• Own the hiring plan and act as Hiring Manager; participate in first-round interviews.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to source, interview, and close candidates.
• Contribute to headcount planning, org design, and leadership evolution at Supabase.
• Own the team's roadmap and manage project milestones (Linear).
• Manage workflow intake and Slack triage for cross-team requests.
• Produce weekly updates to keep stakeholders aligned and manage the team’s SLOs.
• Identify and surface risks, dependencies and tradeoffs to leadership.

What they are asking for

• At least 5 years of engineering experience with credibility in complex systems.
• At least 3 years of managing remote engineering teams.
• Experience leading engineering teams at a cloud, SaaS, or developer tools company.
• Background with developer tools or databases, ideally including SQLite and Postgres ecosystems.
• Strong backend and database systems knowledge (APIs, authentication, Postgres access control).
• Proven track record of leading a team shipping developer-facing APIs or platform products to production.
• Experience managing globally distributed, asynchronous teams across time zones.
• Strong people management orientation with ability to build psychological safety and a feedback culture.
• Ability to coach and remove blockers, connecting engineers with context and resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable with ambiguity and building structure.

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