Posted by employer 8 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 11 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Senior Postgres Engineer at Supabase is responsible for enhancing the stability and functionality of the company's hosted Postgres services, focusing on building and maintaining PostgreSQL extensions in C and Rust. This role requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals, including query planning and performance optimization, as well as experience managing complex deployment pipelines across numerous instances. Ideal candidates are seasoned professionals who thrive in fast-paced, asynchronous environments and have a strong background in troubleshooting production issues. Supabase's remote-first culture and commitment to open-source development foster a collaborative atmosphere for innov
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Supabase's careers page October 29, 2026.
- PostgreSQL appears in 21.2% of 1257 comparable senior backend roles; C appears in 3.3% of 1257 comparable senior backend roles.
Quick facts
- Is the Postgres Engineer (AMER) role remote?
- Yes — Supabase lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C, PostgreSQL, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Supabase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Postgres Engineer (AMER) role at Supabase.
From the original posting
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.
This role also requires strong working overlap with Americas time zones due to production support and on-call responsibilities.
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
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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