Postgres Security Engineer

Supabase is seeking a Senior Postgres Security Engineer to join their Postgres Team. This role involves maintaining and expanding the security, permissions, and role system of their hosted Postgres offering. The engineer will work with customers, partners, product, engineering, support, and success to ensure a secure, stable, and functional Postgres foundation. The ideal candidate thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is passionate about building scalable developer tools.

Must Have

• Maintain and expand the security, permissions, and role system of the hosted Postgres offering.
• Work closely with customers, partners, product, engineering, support, and success.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues involving custom extensions, performance bottlenecks, and resource contention.
• Build, test, and own idempotent deployment to many thousands of running Postgres instances.
• Dive into PostgreSQL source code, understanding the query planner, executor, and storage engine mechanics.
• Have 5+ years of experience in Postgres security, encryption, RLS, and permissions.
• Communicate clearly across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Be comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly.

Good to Have

• Experience in async or globally distributed teams.
• Energized by solving real-world problems for developers.
• Previous experience with multi-tenant database architectures.
• Working with PostgreSQL at scale.

Perks & Benefits

• Fully Remote (global hiring, WeWork membership/co-working allowance)
• ESOP (equity ownership)
• Tech Allowance (budget for work environment setup)
• Health Benefits (100% employee, 80% dependent coverage)
• Annual Off-Sites (company gathering in a new city)
• Flexible Work (asynchronous, self-managed time)
• Professional Development (annual education allowance)

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Postgres Security Engineer to join our Postgres Team and help maintain and expand the security, permissions and role system of our hosted Postgres offering. You’ll work closely with customers, partners, product, engineering, support and success, helping us maintain a secure, stable functional Postgres foundation.

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

We're looking for a senior PostgreSQL engineer with deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals and proven experience developing extensions in both C and Rust. You should have strong knowledge of PostgreSQL's permission model and security features, including RLS, roles, and grant systems. Experience troubleshooting production issues in managed PostgreSQL environments is essential - you'll need to diagnose and resolve complex problems involving custom extensions, performance bottlenecks, and resource contention. You should be comfortable building testing and owning idempotent deployment to many thousands of running Postgres instances. You should be comfortable diving into PostgreSQL source code, understanding the query planner, executor, and storage engine mechanics. Previous experience with multi-tenant database architectures and working with PostgreSQL at scale is highly valued.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• Have 5+ years of experience Postgres security, encryption, RLS and permissions
• Communicate clearly across both technical and non-technical audiences
• Have experience in async or globally distributed teams
• Are energized by solving real-world problems for developers
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly

What We Offer

• 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.

• ESOP

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.

• Health Benefits

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

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.

About the Team

Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.

• 180+ team members
• 40+ countries
• 15+ languages spoken
• $496M raised
• 430,000+ community members
• 30,000+ memes posted (and counting)

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.

Hiring Process

We keep things simple, async-friendly, and respectful of your time:

1. Apply – Our team will review your application.

2. Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other.

3. Interviews – Up to four calls with:

• Founders
• Future teammates
• Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)

4. Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.

All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.

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