Control Plane Engineer

Role Description

We are seeking someone to help us maintain the existing API, expand OAuth applications capabilities, enhance reliability, and improve the overall public API experience.

• Design, implement, and maintain both internal and public-facing APIs used across various Supabase products, including Studio, CLI, management APIs, and OAuth applications.
• Integrate with third-party platforms and partners, either by developing custom integrations or providing clear API points for them to connect with Supabase.
• Collaborate closely with various teams across Supabase (DevOps, Frontend, etc.) to ensure smooth integration and implementation of API functionality for the rest of the platform.
• Build and enhance testing, debugging, and monitoring tools to ensure public APIs' stability, reliability, and performance.
• Work with the dev-workflows team to enhance and improve the Branching experience, making it easier and more valuable for Supabase users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend API development, with strong expertise in TypeScript and JavaScript (Node.js).
• Familiarity with modern tools and frameworks (e.g., Nest.js, Express, Vitest, Zod).
• Expertise in designing robust, scalable, and maintainable APIs.
• Experience with API versioning, pagination, and error handling best practices.
• Experience with OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices (rate limiting, CORS, etc.) is a plus.
• Good understanding of PostgreSQL and relational databases.
• Proven ability to build scalable, maintainable APIs and develop tools for testing, debugging, and monitoring API performance.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and containerized deployments to streamline API development, testing, and release processes.

Benefits

• Fully Remote: We hire globally. 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.
• 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.
• Annual Off-Sites: Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun.
• Flexible Work: We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time.
• Professional Development: Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.

Company Description

• 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.
• Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first.
• We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.
• 280+ team members across 55+ countries and 20+ languages spoken.
• $500M raised and 500,000+ community members.
• We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship.

Hiring Process

• Apply – Our team will review your application.
• Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other.
• Interviews – Up to four calls with:
• Team Leads
• Future teammates
• Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)
• Someone from our leadership/founding team
• Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.
• All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.