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Supabase
Senior Database Engineer (PostgreSQL Internals & Rust)
Verified Salary
$155k - $215k
Location
Worldwide
Published
9d
PostgreSQLRustCDatabase InternalsOpen SourceSenior
Perks & Benefits
🌎Distributed team⏰Async workflow🏖Unlimited vacation🖥Home office budget📚Learning & books budget📈Equity compensation⬜️No whiteboard interview
### About Supabase
Supabase is the open source Firebase alternative. We provide a complete backend suite built on top of Postgres with Realtime, Auth, Storage, and Edge Functions.
### The Role
We are looking for a **Senior Database Engineer** to work on Postgres extensions, connection poolers (Supavisor), and storage engine optimizations.
#### Responsibilities:
- Write robust, high-performance Rust and C extensions for PostgreSQL.
- Debug kernel, memory, and disk I/O bottlenecks under multi-tenant workloads.
- Contribute upstream to open-source PostgreSQL and connection pooling tools.
#### Requirements:
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals, WAL, query planners, and MVCC.
- Strong production experience in Rust or C/C++.
- Open source mindset and remote-first collaboration.