Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix)

Overview

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.

What you'll do

• You’ll work closely with the PostgreSQL team, playing an instrumental role in technical decision-making and refining internal methodologies.
• This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building developer tools that scale to millions.
• The focus of this role is owning the stability and deployment of our products.
• You will act as a bridge between product and infrastructure teams to improve the reliability of deployments and upgrades.
• You will have co-responsibility for builds and deployments via our public supabase/postgres GitHub repository, which bundles features into Docker images and AWS AMIs for cloud and local use.
• WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
• Package software into our supabase/postgres repo using Nix (with flakes), and help us transition our packaging from traditional to Nix packaging more over time.
• Manage PostgreSQL lifecycles, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades.

Requirements

• Practical experience with JavaScript, Go, Rust, Java.
• Experience level: 3+ yrs.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working remotely with distributed teams.

Skills