Software Engineer - Storage

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 Storage is a scalable and high-performance object storage service and is one of our fastest growing services. The current landscape of tools for uploading, storing, processing, and delivering assets is complicated. Developers are forced to think about regions, caching, codecs, and security before they can start uploading anything.

We are looking for engineers to solve this problem once and for all!

You will be working across the entire stack—client libraries, CLI, CDN, the storage server, and deployment infrastructure. One day, you might focus on improving upload resilience in iOS applications; the next, you could be optimizing the S3 protocol for efficient retries or finding ways to accelerate upload processing.

You will be contributing to both our open source server and upstream dependencies we use, like the TUS server.

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 For

• Improving our analytics bucket offering and improving the storage of open file formats like Iceberg and DuckLake
• Asset optimization to speed up delivery for websites and mobile applications
• Building out our edge network to speed up uploads and build features like automatic cache invalidation
• Improving the performance, observability, and reliability of our storage server
• Working with the frontend team to build a fast, powerful storage explorer
• Improving our APIs, client libraries, and CLI to provide an exceptional end-to-end DX for our users
• Resolving escalated support issues while identifying and resolving systemic issues across the platform

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• Have 5+ years of backend engineering experience running Node.js in production
• Have experience with highly scalable, distributed systems
• Are comfortable working across the stack: backend application development and infrastructure work including deploying, monitoring, and scaling the service
• Possess familiarity with observability tools (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana) and performance tuning
• Have experience with production-grade PostgreSQL usage, including tuning and troubleshooting
• Demonstrate an ownership mentality: driving projects end-to-end
• Display empathy towards developer experience

Nice-to-Have

• Prior experience working on developer tools
• Solid knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Direct experience designing and operating large file upload/download pipelines at scale
• Deep, practical CDN integration and optimization knowledge
• Experience with image and video processing tools (sharp, dssim, ffmpeg), formats, and codecs (AVIF, WebM, Brotli)
• Experience with the frontend ecosystem (Next.js, React, etc.)

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: We hire globally with no physical offices, plus provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance anywhere in the world.
• ESOP: Every team member receives equity ownership in the company.
• Tech Allowance: Budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, and related equipment.
• Health Benefits: Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Annual Off-Sites: Annual week-long company gatherings in a new city.
• Flexible Work: We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time.
• Professional Development: Annual education allowance for courses, books, conferences, or other growth resources.