Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 4 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Edge Functions Engineer at Supabase focuses on enhancing the Supabase Edge Runtime, which involves optimizing server-side TypeScript functions for global distribution. Key skills include proficiency in Rust and TypeScript, along with experience in operating large-scale infrastructure like Kubernetes and AWS. This role is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong vision for edge computing and a background in backend or systems engineering. Supabase's fully remote, open-source-first culture fosters collaboration among a diverse, global team.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 4 months ago — first seen on Joblaze May 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Supabase's careers page October 8, 2026.
- AWS appears in 26.6% of 1259 comparable senior backend roles; Cloudflare Workers appears in 0.2% of 1259 comparable senior backend roles.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer - Functions (Compute) role remote?
- Yes — Supabase lists this as a fully remote position.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer - Functions (Compute) role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Kubernetes, Redis, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Supabase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer - Functions (Compute) role at Supabase.
From the original posting
Compute is our newly launched microVM architecture for running agentic workloads, operating alongside our existing Edge Functions service for server-side TypeScript functions distributed globally at the edge.
We want developers to be able to build truly global applications by distributing both compute and data globally. Infrastructure concerns like regions, cold starts, CPU and memory provisioning should fade into the background so developers can focus on iterating on business logic, and fast, flexible runtimes a growing range of agent-driven code.
We are looking for experienced and passionate engineers to help us go further in this vision.
What You’ll Own
Help build & architect the Supabase Compute platform, built on Firecracker microVMs.
Implementing monitoring, alerting, and OpenTelemetry tracing across the runtime, then using that visibility to drive optimizations that improve latency and reliability of the service.
Working closely with the Firecracker, Deno, and other open-source teams, contributing to upstream and relaying our users' requirements.
Participating in an on-call rotation to keep Compute healthy in production.
Help manage and improve features like scheduled functions, background tasks, WebSockets streaming, ephemeral file storage, and custom routing.
Integrating Compute more tightly with the rest of the Supabase stack — Auth, Postgres, Storage, and Realtime.
Expanding the Compute runtime to support more use cases (AI inference, MCP servers, hosting simple websites, URL shorteners).
Improving the DX of developing and debugging Compute locally through the Supabase CLI, including DevTools integration, logging, and production parity.
What You’ll Bring
At least 5 years of backend or systems engineering experience, with strong fluency in Rust and TypeScript.
Experience with Firecracker, V8 Isolates, Deno, and related runtime isolation technologies .
Experience operating infrastructure at scale — Kubernetes, AWS (EC2/Lambda/MicroVM), Cloudflare Workers, Redis, or comparable systems.
A strong vision for how compute and data can be pushed to the edge.
Bonus: experience building developer-facing CLIs or front-end tooling that sits on top of an infrastructure product.
What We Offer
Fully Remote
ESOP
Tech Allowance
Health Benefits
Annual Off-Sites
Flexible Work
Professional Development
~400 team members
60+ countries
20+ languages spoken
540,000+ community members
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