Supabase
Multigres Engineer
Employer explicitly allows international or location-independent remote work.
Worldwide
Employer listed it 16 months ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 16 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Worldwide
Work style
Async
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Work from anywhere
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About the 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 an engineer to help build the future of distributed Postgres. You'll work on Multigres, our open-source distributed database system that brings horizontal scaling to Postgres.
In this role, you'll architect and implement critical distributed database infrastructure including sharding, consensus protocols, and materialization systems. You'll collaborate closely with our Postgres, networking, and infrastructure teams to push the boundaries of what's possible with distributed databases.
What You’ll Be Responsible for:
Design and implement query routing logic for sharded databases
Build consensus and replication systems to support distribute durability
Develop materialization pipelines for migrations and change data capture
Contribute to connection pooling infrastructure and intelligent workload isolation
Collaborate with the open-source community on Multigres development
You Might Be a Good Fit If You have:
This role requires deep technical expertise in distributed databases and systems. For detailed qualifications, see our contributor qualifications document .
Key areas of expertise:
Database sharding, relational algebra, and Postgres internals
Consensus protocols (Raft, Paxos, FlexPaxos) and distributed transactions
Stream processing, materialization, and change data capture
Building robust, performant distributed systems with strong observability
Low-latency infrastructure and network protocol optimization.
What We Offer
Fully Remote
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.
ESOP
Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
Tech Allowance
Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
Requirements
- ·This role requires deep technical expertise in distributed databases and systems. For detailed qualifications, see our contributor qualifications document .
- ·Key areas of expertise:
- ·Database sharding, relational algebra, and Postgres internals
- ·Consensus protocols (Raft, Paxos, FlexPaxos) and distributed transactions
- ·Stream processing, materialization, and change data capture
Benefits
- ·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.
- ·Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
- ·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.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from anywhere, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Supabase, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (Async).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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