ABOUT SUPABASE
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
Supabase Supavisor https://github.com/supabase/supavisor, written in Elixir, handles thousands of database clients running millions of queries across different SDKs. It's an extremely performance-focused product that leverages low-level APIs to connect to Postgres in the most effective ways, fully utilizing the features of both Postgres and Elixir. Stability and compatibility are critical — instability can kill long-running queries and cause severe downstream impact for customers.
We're looking for a Software Engineer to join the Supavisor team and help tackle the next round of challenges in running a globally distributed connection pooling cluster. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building production systems that scale to millions of users. You'll work closely with Product and Customer Support to improve reliability, uptime, and the developer experience for our users.
WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Stability & performance — work on improvements that allow Supavisor to scale to customer demand while reducing operating costs
- CI/CD & deployments — improve the deployment pipeline to enable low-impact upgrades, with zero downtime and avoiding dropping connections, including the transition to Kubernetes
- Client & ORM compatibility — directly support customers, 3rd-party libraries, and ORMs (SQLAlchemy, Prisma, and others) that use Supavisor to connect to Supabase
- Documentation — write clear documentation so users can get the most out of Supavisor
- Feature development — add new capabilities and improve the overall developer experience, including APIs and client libraries
- Support - resolve escalated support issues, participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident reviews
YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU
- Have experience developing and operating distributed systems at scale — stronger fit if in the database or infrastructure domain
- Are comfortable writing Elixir, or have a strong enough systems background that you're willing to go deep — stronger fit if you have a deep Elixir/Erlang production background
- Have experience with protocol development — stronger fit if specifically with the Postgres wire protocol
- Are familiar with the ORM and database client ecosystem (SQLAlchemy, Prisma, or similar)
- Have experience with CI/CD pipelines where minimizing customer impact was a key constraint
- Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
- Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly in an async, globally distributed team
Nice to haves:
- Experience with hot code reload or other zero-downtime deployment te