Requirements and responsibilities
We are seeking a seasoned infrastructure operations expert that has experience with orchestrating high-throughput data services. Experience that showcases high availability and systems reliability skillsets in high volume data pipeline environments are a big plus.What you'll ownCollaborate deeply with our infrastructure and product teams to enforce org-wide practices for emitting and collecting telemetry across a wide range of services, both internal and external-facing. This includes contributing to org-wide documentation, advocacy of best practices and helping to enforce standards org-wide.Own and operate the Kubernetes infrastructure of the observability team. You will help in defining the documentation, operational flows, and engineering standards to ensure high uptime across our logging, tracing, and metrics systems that are used by internal and external stakeholdersWork within the Observability team to ensure industry-standard deployment and reliability practices are used, and to develop industry-leading reliability software to ensure that our observability systems never go down for our customers.Orchestrate and scale systems such as VictoriaMetrics, OpenTelemetry Collector, and Vector.What you bring5+ years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering roleExperience operating and supporting clustered applications in production environmentsHands-on experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes (k8s) environmentsWorking knowledge of PostgreSQL, including administration, performance tuning, and troubleshootingProficiency with at least one Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, OpenTofu, or equivalent)Experience with telemetry tooling such as OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Prometheus.Experience with AWS services is a plusStrong documentation and communication skills is a plusWhat We OfferFully RemoteWe hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere. There are no Supabase offices, but we provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance you can use anywhere in the world.ESOPEvery team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.Tech AllowanceUse this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.Health BenefitsSupabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.Annual Off-SitesOnce a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It’s a highlight of our year.Flexible WorkWe operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.Professional DevelopmentEvery team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.About the TeamSupabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.280+ team members55+ countries20+ languages spoken$500M raised500,000+ community membersWe move fast, build in public, and use what we ship. If it’s in your project, we probably use it in ours too. We believe deeply in the open-source ecosystem and strive to support—not replace—existing tools and communities.Hiring ProcessWe keep things simple, async-friendly, and respectful of your time: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 LeadsFuture teammatesSomeone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)Someone from our leadership/founding teamDecision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.
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