About the Role
We are looking for a Team Lead: CLI/Local Experience to join our Dev Workflow team and lead a high-impact area of the developer experience. You will guide both technical direction and team execution for Supabase CLI and local development workflows across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
This is a hands‐on leadership role with an expected split of roughly 60% engineering / 40% leadership. You will partner with PM and engineering leadership on roadmap priorities, drive delivery with your team, and ensure we ship a consistent, secure, and performant CLI experience for developers at scale.
You will start with 3 direct reports and are expected to grow and lead the team to 6 engineers over the next 6‐12 months.
What You'll Own
* Lead the CLI/Local Experience team, including coaching, 1:1s, goal setting, formal performance reviews, and promotion recommendations.
* Own the team hiring plan and run the full hiring loop for CLI/Local Experience roles.
* Drive technical strategy with the team and partners through RFCs, design reviews, and iterative delivery.
* Contribute directly to implementation in TypeScript, with a strong focus on architecture, reliability, and maintainability.
* Ensure technical excellence across team output, including code quality, test coverage, release readiness, and backwards compatibility.
* Unblock engineers day to day and improve workflow and delivery practices (for example, planning and execution in Linear).
* Partner with PM and engineering leadership in a shared roadmap model to define priorities, scope, and outcomes.
* Monitor customer feedback, OSS issues, and usage signals to continuously improve local development DX.
Decision-Making and Collaboration
* This role operates in a shared consensus model for major technical decisions with peers and leadership.
* You are expected to lead proposals and recommendations, align stakeholders, and move decisions to clear outcomes.
What You Bring
* 5+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful work on command‐line developer tools.
* Strong professional experience in TypeScript and a track record of shipping production‐grade CLI tooling.
* Prior experience leading engineers, including people management responsibilities (performance, growth, and hiring) in a distributed and async environment.
* Deep understanding of cross‐platform concerns: filesystem behavior, subprocesses, terminal UX, and platform‐specific quirks across macOS/Linux/Windows.
* Experience designing intuitive CLIs with clear command structure, helpful output, and actionable error messaging.
* Experience with testing strategy for CLIs (unit, integration, and end‐to‐end) and CI/CD pipelines.
* Familiarity with release/versioning strategies and backwards compatibility in widely used developer tooling.
* Working knowledge of containerized local workflows (for example Docker) and Postgres‐oriented development workflows.
* Ability to collaborate effectively in async, distributed teams and drive outcomes through clear written communication.
What We Offer
* Fully Remote We hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere. There are no Supabase offices, but we provide a WeWork membership or co‐working allowance you can use anywhere in the world.
* ESOP Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we're building together.
* Tech Allowance Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
* Health Benefits Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family's health are important to us.
* Annual Off‐Sits Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It's a highlight of our year.
* Flexible Work We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
* Professional Development Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.
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