Supabase

Edge Functions Engineer

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3 months ago
Remote, WorldwideSenior

Responsibilities

  • Evolve the Rust-based Supabase Edge Runtime that hosts Deno isolates and manages runtime separation and per-request CPU and memory limits.
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and OpenTelemetry tracing and use the resulting visibility to improve latency and service reliability.
  • Collaborate with Deno and other open-source teams, contribute upstream, and relay user requirements.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain production health of Edge Functions.
  • Manage and improve scheduled functions, background tasks, WebSockets streaming, ephemeral file storage, and custom routing.
  • Integrate Edge Functions with Supabase Auth, Postgres, Storage, and Realtime.
  • Expand Edge Functions for use cases including AI inference, MCP servers, simple websites, and URL shorteners.
  • Improve local development and debugging through the Supabase CLI, DevTools integration, logging, and production parity.

Requirements

  • At least five years of backend or systems engineering experience.
  • Strong fluency in Rust and TypeScript.
  • Experience with V8 Isolates, Deno, and JavaScript runtimes.
  • Experience operating infrastructure at scale, such as Kubernetes, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, or Redis.
  • A strong vision for distributing compute and data to the edge.
  • Experience building developer-facing CLIs or frontend tooling on infrastructure products is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Fully remote with global hiring and a WeWork membership or coworking allowance.
  • Employee ESOP equity ownership.
  • Tech allowance for equipment and workspace setup.
  • Health insurance coverage of 100% for employees and 80% for dependents.
  • Annual company off-sites.
  • Flexible asynchronous work environment.
  • Annual professional development and education allowance.
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