Opportunity overview
What you should know
We checked this opportunity from Supabase. It is listed as Worldwide.
The work location is Remote — worldwide. Employer-stated compensation: Salary not included in the job posting.
Job description
About this role
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. 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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications and requirements
- 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
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How this listing was checked
- Source status
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- Employer or source
- Supabase
- Source checked
- September 7, 2026
- Application destination
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- Work setup and location
- Remote · Remote — worldwide
- Who can apply
- Worldwide · Confirmed by source
- Pay
- Not stated by employer
- Deadline
- Not stated by employer
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