Edge Functions Engineer

Responsibilities

• Evolve the Supabase Edge Runtime, an open-source Rust-based host running Deno isolates
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and OpenTelemetry tracing to drive latency and reliability optimizations
• Collaborate with Deno and other open-source teams to contribute upstream and relay user requirements
• Manage and improve features such as scheduled functions, background tasks, and WebSockets streaming
• Integrate functions more tightly with the Supabase stack, including Auth, Postgres, and Storage
• Improve developer experience (DX) for local development and debugging via the Supabase CLI
• Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain Edge Function health in production

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend or systems engineering experience
• Strong fluency in Rust and TypeScript
• Experience with V8 Isolates, Deno, or general JavaScript runtimes
• Experience operating infrastructure at scale using Kubernetes, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, or similar systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building developer-facing CLIs or front-end tooling for infrastructure products
• A strong vision for how compute and data can be pushed to the edge

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment with a co-working allowance
• Equity ownership (ESOP) for every team member
• Tech allowance for setting up your ideal workspace
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage
• Annual company-wide off-sites
• Flexible, asynchronous work culture
• Annual professional development and education allowance

About the Company

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. We are a remote-first, open-source-focused team of over 280 members across 55+ countries, dedicated to building tools that developers love.