Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix)
Supabase · Engineering · Mid · 27d ago
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Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
“We hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere.”
Globally distributed team spanning over 60 countries with no physical offices.
- Async-first
- Supabase operates asynchronously and trusts team members to manage their own schedules.
- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- Provides a tech allowance for hardware and a co-working or WeWork membership globally.
- Annual retreat
- The entire company gathers annually in a new city for a week-long off-site.
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About the role
As a Postgres Deployment Engineer, you will own the stability and deployment of Supabase's core database offerings, acting as a bridge between product and infrastructure teams. You will manage builds and deployments in the public supabase/postgres GitHub repository, transition packaging to Nix with flakes, maintain Docker and AMI releases, and optimize testing and CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless updates for millions of developers.
What you'll do
- Package software into the supabase/postgres repo using Nix flakes and lead the transition from traditional packaging.
- Manage PostgreSQL lifecycles, ensuring timely upgrades for major, minor, and extension releases.
- Expand platform release systems to enable self-service capabilities for developers.
- Optimize CI/CD workflows, GitHub Actions, and automated testing to reduce deployment risk.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across customer deployments.
- Mentor and guide the broader engineering team on adopting and contributing to Nix-based tooling.
What you bring
- 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL and its ecosystem, including extensions and performance optimization.
- Proficiency with Nix and Nix flakes alongside Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- Demonstrated experience building for multiple architectures, particularly Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64 targets.
- Comfort working in polyglot build environments containing C/C++, Go, JavaScript, and Rust.
- Proven track record working autonomously within async, globally distributed teams.
About Supabase
Supabase is an open-source Postgres development platform providing developers with a complete, integrated backend suite including Database, Auth, Storage, and Edge Functions.
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