Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix) - Supabase

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

We’re looking for a Postgres Deployment Engineer to join our PostgreSQL team and help elevate our PostgreSQL offerings. You will act as a bridge between product and infrastructure teams to improve the reliability of deployments and upgrades, playing an instrumental role in technical decision-making.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Packaging: Package software into our supabase/postgres repo using Nix (with flakes) and transition packaging methodologies to Nix.
• Lifecycle Management: Manage PostgreSQL lifecycles, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades.
• Release Systems: Expand platform release systems to enable developer self-service.
• CI/CD Optimization: Enhance GitHub Actions, team tooling, and testing/release approaches.
• Reliability: Resolve production issues and maintain best practices to ensure stability and decrease deployment risks.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• Have 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, including extensions and performance optimization.
• Are an Infrastructure Expert with proven experience in management, tooling, and optimization.
• Are proficient in the Nix package management system (including flakes) alongside Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Have experience building for multiple architectures (Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64).
• Are comfortable with polyglot environments (C/C++, Go, JavaScript, Rust).
• Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Have experience in async or globally distributed teams.
• Are willing to mentor the engineering team on Nix-based workflows.

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: We hire globally with a co-working allowance.
• ESOP: Equity ownership for every team member.
• Tech Allowance: Budget to set up your ideal work environment.
• Health Benefits: 100% coverage for employees, 80% for dependents.
• Annual Off-Sites: Yearly company gathering in a new city.
• Professional Development: Annual education allowance for growth.