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.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Platform Engineer to join our Compute Team and help us build cloud-portable infrastructure. You’ll work closely with product and our infrastructure teams to audit our current platform for cloud-specific dependencies, design for portability, and help build the foundation that will allow us to run workloads across multiple cloud environments or colocated infrastructure.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building developer tools that scale to millions.
What You’ll Be Responsible forAudit existing infrastructure components to identify cloud-specific dependencies and build a structured, actionable migration backlog
Design and implement cloud-agnostic abstractions over compute, networking, and storage layers
Maintain and evolve our Kubernetes-based workload orchestration to run portably across cloud environments
Collaborate with platform and product engineering teams to ensure new work is built with multi-cloud portability in mind from the start
Contribute to architecture decisions around target cloud environments and colocated infrastructure options
Have 3-5+ years of experience in platform or infrastructure engineering
Are experienced with Kubernetes and comfortable running it across multiple environments
Have worked with Pulumi or similar infrastructure-as-code tooling
Have been through at least one cloud abstraction, portability, or re-platforming initiative
Communicate clearly across both technical and non-technical audiences
Have experience in async or globally distributed teams
Are energized by solving real-world problems for developers
Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly
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.
Health Benefits
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.
Annual Off-Sites
Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It’s a highlight of our year.
Flexible Work
We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
Professional Development
Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.
Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.
280+ team members
55+ countries
20+ languages spoken
$500M raised
500,000+ community members
We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship. If it’s in your project, we probably use it in ours too. We believe deeply in the open-source ecosystem and strive to support—not replace—existing tools and communities.
Hiring ProcessWe keep things simple, async-friendly, and respectful of your time:
Apply – Our team will review your application.
Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other.
Interviews – Up to four calls with:
Team Leads
Future teammates
Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)
Someone from our leadership/founding team
Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.
All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.
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