Engineering Manager - Realtime Distributed Systems (Remote)

Contentu; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Supabase is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Realtime team, guiding engineers across multiple time zones and cultures. You’ll shape technical direction and foster a high‑performance, collaborative culture focused on reliability.

You will own hiring, roadmap planning, and incident command for low‑latency distributed systems built with Elixir and PostgreSQL, requiring strong written, async communication and credible technical leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading remote, globally distributed teams.
• Strong written and async communication skills.
• Proven ability to own roadmaps and incident response for critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Realtime team and oversee technical direction.
• Drive hiring and talent growth across time zones.
• Own roadmap ownership and incident command for low-latency distributed systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable services.

Skills

People management

Roadmap planning

Async communication

Remote team leadership

Tools

Elixir

Phoenix

PostgreSQL

WebSockets

Distributed systems

Job description

Supabase is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Realtime team, guiding engineers across multiple time zones and cultures. You’ll shape technical direction and foster a high‑performance, collaborative culture focused on reliability.

You will own hiring, roadmap planning, and incident command for low‑latency distributed systems built with Elixir and PostgreSQL, requiring strong written, async communication and credible technical leadership.