Engineering Manager

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

We need an Engineering Manager to lead a remote, globally distributed engineering team at Supabase. The role blends people leadership, delivery ownership, and technical credibility to shape culture, roadmap, and incident response.

Role Snapshot

• Lead remote engineering teams
• Own hiring and people development
• Drive roadmap and delivery
• Manage incidents and postmortems
• Foster high‑trust, feedback‑rich culture
• Align stakeholders across the org

Must-Have Requirements

• people management
• project management
• incident response
• recruiting & hiring
• technical credibility
• engineering leadership
• remote team management

Nice-to-Have Signals

• experience with developer tools or databases
• cloud SaaS background
• developer tools
• databases

Work Setup

• Location: Remote, Anywhere
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: GLOBAL
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Travel requirements
• Security clearance

What You'll Likely Work On

• Build and sustain a high‑trust, remote‑first team culture
• Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, career planning, and onboarding for direct reports
• Own the hiring plan, act as Hiring Manager, and partner with Talent Acquisition
• Define and execute the team’s roadmap, manage project flow in Linear, and ensure milestone accountability
• Prioritize and triage cross‑team requests via Slack and workflow inboxes
• Maintain weekly updates, keep stakeholders aligned, and surface risks early
• Lead incident response as Incident Commander and drive blameless post‑mortems
• Organize support ticket effort, uphold the team’s SLO, and remove blockers for engineers

Good Fit If You Have

• Experience managing remote, globally distributed engineering teams
• Strong background in cloud SaaS, developer tools, or database platforms (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to give and receive feedback in real time
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments