Postgres Engineer at Supabase

This role is designed for a highly technical PostgreSQL specialist who enjoys working deep within the engine's internals. You are the ideal candidate if you hav

Work type: remote

Location: Remote

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a highly technical PostgreSQL specialist who enjoys working deep within the engine's internals. You are the ideal candidate if you have at least 5 years of experience and can confidently navigate PostgreSQL source code, write extensions in C or Rust, and manage complex systems like WAL mechanics and MVCC. Unlike standard DBA roles, this is an engineering position focused on building and maintaining the foundation of a global developer platform. As a fully remote and "born-remote" company, Supabase offers a high degree of autonomy and asynchronous work. Key perks include 100% covered health insurance for employees, a tech allowance to customize your home office, and ESOP (equity) for all team members. You’ll be joining a well-funded ($496M raised), open-source-focused team that prioritizes building in public and contributing back to the Postgres ecosystem. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Can build and troubleshoot Postgres extensions using C and Rust. * Have deep expertise in security features like Row Level Security (RLS) and encryption. * Are comfortable managing idempotent deployments to thousands of database instances. * Thrive in an async-first environment where you manage your own schedule.

Job Description

Supabase is the Postgres development platform, built by developers for developers. We provide a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search. All services are deeply integrated and designed for growth.

### About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Postgres Engineer to join our Postgres Team and help maintain and expand the stability and functionality of our hosted Postgres offering . You’ll work closely with customers, partners, product, engineering, support and success, helping us maintain a secure, stable, performant, and functional Postgres foundation.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building developer tools that scale to millions.

### What you'll own:

Build and maintain PostgreSQL extensions in C and Rust, with a deep understanding of internals — parser, planner, WAL mechanics, and MVCC

Diagnose and resolve issues in managed PostgreSQL deployments, including custom extension failures, core dump analysis, and performance bottlenecks

Own idempotent deployment pipelines across thousands of running PostgreSQL instances, including testing and rollout strategies

Manage complex extension ecosystems — compatibility, upgrade paths, and conflict resolution

Work with PostgreSQL's background worker framework, shared memory management, and hook system to build reliable, scalable functionality

Collaborate closely with customers, partners, product, engineering, support, and success teams to maintain a secure, stable, and performant Postgres foundation

### What you bring:

Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals - query planner, executor, and storage engine mechanics

Proven experience building PostgreSQL extensions in both C and Rust

Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL's permission model: RLS, roles, and grant systems

Experience troubleshooting production issues in managed PostgreSQL environments, including custom extension issues, performance bottlenecks, and resource contention

Comfortable building, testing, and owning idempotent deployments across thousands of running Postgres instances

Ability to read and navigate PostgreSQL source code confidently

Experience with multi-tenant database architectures

Experience running PostgreSQL at scale

### 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-Sites

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.

### About the Team

Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.

280+ team members

55+ countries

20+ languages spoken

$500M raised

500,000+ community members

We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship. If it’s in your project, we probably use it in ours too. We believe deeply in the open-source ecosystem and strive to support—not replace—existing tools and communities.

### Hiring Process

We keep things simple, async-friendly, and respectful of your time:

1. Apply – Our team will review your application.

2. Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other.

3. Interviews – Up to four calls with:

4. Team Leads

5. Future teammates

6. Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)

7. Someone from our leadership/founding team

8. Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.

All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.

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