Rust Engineer

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 Rust Developer to join our team to help innovate on our PostgreSQL projects.

You'll primarily collaborate with the PostgreSQL tools team and directly contribute to technical choices and internal processes.

The key tasks associated with this role revolve around Rust development in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. You will work to refine https://github.com/supabase/pg_replicate, expand our PostgreSQL extensions, develop CLI tooling for the dbdev package index, and assist in the development of several other repositories.

In this role, you will be mainly responsible for:

• contributing to our Rust repos:
• Public Projects https://github.com/supabase/pgreplicate, wrappers, pggraphql, dbdev, pg_jsonschema,
• participating in the successful rollout of pl/rust

This role requires five critical attributes:

1. You have a strong background in Rust programming. You're well-versed in Rust's unique features and understand how to leverage them to create efficient, reliable software. You are comfortable making architectural decisions and navigating/contributing to large codebases.

2. Experience with system design and infrastructure: understanding of cloud environments, some knowledge of k8s.

3. Experience with PostgreSQL. While not strictly necessary, experience with PostgreSQL will be a significant advantage in this role. You may have previously worked with PostgreSQL extensions or used PostgreSQL in a high-performance context.

4. Ability to self-manage. Every company will expect you to self-manage to some degree, but Supabase takes this to a new level. We are a flat, early-stage startup without a lot of structure. To thrive in this environment, you’ll need to be a motivated self-starter who is good working asynchronously across multiple teams. We’re looking for someone who will identify things that need improvement and put their heads down until it’s shipped.

5. Basics of Distributed Systems: Understanding of fundamental distributed systems concepts such as consistency, fault tolerance, and distributed consensus. Experience with or knowledge of common distributed system architectures and patterns is a plus.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to the development of our Rust projects, refining existing features and developing new ones.
• Participate in the design and development of our PostgreSQL extensions and package index.
• Build tools within the Supabase ecosystem, occasionally dogfooding our own work.
• Interacting with customers on a daily basis.
• Triage and fix GitHub issues.

Must haves

• Strong understanding of Rust fundamentals, programming model, and concurrency.
• Ability to independently tackle medium to complex initiatives and share progress clearly.
• Experience with Git and version control practices.
• Willingness to evolve and shape our development tools/stack.
• Willingness to regularly talk to customers to ensure we’re solving problems they have.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to haves

• Experience with PostgreSQL as a user and/or extension author.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience working on a large, open-source projects.
• Open source rust contributions.

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.