Postgres Engineer

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

• ESOP

• 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

• Annual Off-Sites

• Flexible Work

• 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

• ~400 team members

• 60+ countries

• 20+ languages spoken

• Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F)

• 540,000+ community members

• 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.
• Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company.
• We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
• 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.
• 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.
• We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time.
• You know what needs to be done and when.
• Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first.
• We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.
• 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.