Supabase - Supalite Engineer

Remote - Anywhere+ Equity1w ago

Remote NA Developer Tools Mobile Engineer TypeScript SQL SQLite Haskell Full Stack

Responsibilities

• Grow API compatibility with the Supabase client, keeping behavior faithful to hosted Supabase and backed by conformance tests • Bring more of the Supabase stack to SQLite • Build and harden the path for upgrading a project from Supabase Lite to full Supabase • Own the developer experience end to end: the CLI, local tooling, and docs • Build and harden the hosted offering on a scale-to-zero, near-zero-cost footing, kept loosely coupled so the implementation can be swapped without a rewrite • Work directly with design partners and turn real-world migration and integration friction into a sharper product • Engage with the open-source community and contribute back to the broader Supabase stack. • You Might Be a Good Fit If You • Have substantial backend or full-stack experience with strong fluency in TypeScript, and have built or contributed to a backend system, framework, or developer platform before • Are a strong generalist, comfortable moving across the stack from API design to storage internals to infrastructure, and picking up whatever the problem needs • Read unfamiliar code without friction. A lot of the work means studying reference implementations in other languages, such as GoTrue in Go and PostgREST in Haskell, and matching their behavior in TypeScript • Have a solid grounding in SQL and relational databases, and the curiosity to dig into where Postgres and SQLite differ • Have a bias toward compatibility and correctness, and reach for tests and specs to prove behavior • Think around corners. When everyone reaches for the standard playbook, you look for the simpler path that fits a smaller box — breaking a complex system down to the 20% that covers 80% of the need, then making it run somewhere far smaller than it was designed for • Care about developer experience: clean APIs, fast feedback loops, and tooling that makes the right thing the easy thing • Are comfortable owning ambiguous, early-stage work and making sound calls that inform and define the spec. This is a founding role on a brand-new team • Are comfortable working in public repositories on a remote, async team • Communicate clearly in writing • Bonus: experience with the Supabase stack, building developer CLIs, or a track record of open-source maintenance.

Benefits

• 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. • 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. • 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 • 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. • ~400 team members • 20+ languages spoken • Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F) • 540,000+ 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.