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Software Engineer - Functions (Compute)

Supabase

Remote, Global · Remote · Senior

Listed on Supabase’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Supabase is hiring a backend engineer to design and build their new Compute platform, which runs serverless functions on Firecracker microVMs at the edge. This role suits experienced systems engineers who want to work on infrastructure that lets developers deploy code globally without thinking about regions or cold starts.

Our summary, not Supabase’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years backend or systems engineering experience
  • Fluency in Rust and TypeScript
  • Experience with Firecracker, V8 Isolates, Deno, or runtime isolation technologies
  • Infrastructure operations at scale (Kubernetes, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Redis, or equivalent)
  • Vision for edge computing and data distribution

Nice to have

  • Experience building developer-facing CLIs or infrastructure tooling

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