Supabase is an open source and fully remote company building a Postgres application platform. We are seeking backend Elixir experts.
About Elixir at Supabase
Supabase Realtime is written in Elixir and manages broadcasting database updates to thousands of connected clients for Supabase customers. We are beginning to work on our next iteration of Realtime, which uses Presence and Broadcast with Authorization to enable users to build interactive experiences.
Supabase Supavisor, also written in Elixir, handles thousands of database clients that run millions of queries using different SDKs. It’s an extremely performance focused product that handles low level APIs to connect to Postgres in the most effective ways, fully leveraging the features of Postgres and Elixir.
Supporting a global cluster of machines that have thousands of connected users sending thousands of messages per second or running thousands of queries per second presents several challenges and we need your help to tackle them. Join us for the next phase of growth.
You will
Work on our Realtime and Supavisor products by adding new features and improving security, performance and scalability.
Improve the overall DX, including designing our APIs and client libraries, writing docs and improving monitoring and observability for our users.
Directly support customers and 3rd party libraries interacting with our Elixir products
You are
You've built and scaled large multi-node Elixir systems
Obsess over latency and performance
Advanced Postgres knowledge is a plus
We offer:
100% remote work from anywhere in the world. No location-based adjustment to your salary.
Autonomous work. We work collaboratively on projects, but you set your own pace.
Health, Vision and Dental benefits. Supabase covers 100% of the cost for employees and 80% for dependants
Generous Tech Allowance for any office setup you need
Annual Education Allowance
Annually run off-sites.
About the team
We're a startup. It's unstructured.
Collectively founded more than 30 startups.
Globally distributed team with more than 30 different nationalities.
We deeply believe in the efficacy of collaborative open source. We support existing communities and tools, rather than building "yet another xx".
We "dogfood" everything. If you use it in your project, we use it in Supabase.
Process
The entire process is fully remote and all communication will happen over email or via video chat.
Once you've submitted your application, the team will review your submission and may reach out for a short screening interview over a video call.
If you pass the screen you will be invited to up to four follow-up interviews.
The calls:
usually take between 20-45 minutes each depending on the interviewer.
most of the time, are all 1:1.
will be with the founders, a member of either the growth or engineering team (depending on the role) and usually one other person from your immediate team or function.
Once the interviews are over, the team will meet to discuss several roles and candidates and may:
ask one or two follow-up questions over email or a quick call.
go directly to making an offer.
