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Listed on Supabase’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
A database systems engineer role focused on developing OrioleDB, a PostgreSQL storage engine, and contributing to the upstream PostgreSQL project. This suits experienced C programmers and database internals specialists who want to work on foundational infrastructure while collaborating with a global open-source community.
Our summary, not Supabase’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- PostgreSQL core contribution experience or equivalent database internals expertise
- Expert-level C programming with 8+ years of production systems experience
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL codebase, build system, and extension APIs
- Experience designing or implementing storage engines, index structures, or query execution components
- Ability to debug and profile complex C code in database contexts
- Experience contributing to upstream open-source projects
- Clear technical writing and design documentation skills
Nice to have
- Americas timezone overlap availability for on-call support