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Postgres Engineer (AMER)

Supabase· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior Postgres Engineer to join the Postgres Team, maintain and expand the stability and functionality of Supabase's hosted Postgres offering, and collaborate with customers, partners, product, engineering, support, and success to ensure a secure, stable, performant 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

  • 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

Skills

Required:PostgreSQL internalsPostgreSQL extensions (C)PostgreSQL extensions (Rust)PostgreSQL permission model (RLS, roles, grant systems)Production troubleshootingIdempotent deploymentsReading PostgreSQL source codePostgreSQL at scale
Nice to have:Multi-tenant architectures

Benefits

  • Fully Remote
  • ESOP (equity ownership)
  • Tech Allowance
  • Health Benefits (100% for employees, 80% for dependents)
  • Annual Off-Sites
  • Flexible Work
  • Professional Development (annual education allowance)
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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