Edge Functions Engineer at Supabase

Role overview

The Edge Functions Engineer opening at Supabase is centered on Collaborate with engineering, product and customer teams through planning, review and delivery. The employer also lists Troubleshoot issues, communicate findings and improve reliability, performance and quality. and Troubleshoot issues, communicate findings and improve reliability, performance and quality. These responsibilities define the practical scope more clearly than the job title: applicants should be ready to explain what they have built, supported or delivered that relates directly to this work. The listing summary says: Edge Functions Engineer opportunity with Supabase. See the official posting for responsibilities and application details. The named technologies include JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes.

The posting identifies Relevant professional experience in software, edge, FinOps, support, backend or developer relations engineering. and Strong technical, problem-solving and communication skills. as relevant qualifications. Candidates should connect these requirements to evidence from their own work, including their individual contribution, technical decisions and outcomes. The listing describes the work arrangement as remote and gives the location as Remote, Global. Confirm country eligibility, travel, employment terms and any details absent from this summary directly with Supabase before applying. This overview is based on the employer-provided posting; it does not infer team structure or expectations that the source does not state.

Qualifications

• Evolving Supabase Edge Runtime - an Open-sourced Rust-based host that runs the Deno isolate, manages the main/user runtime split, and enforces per-request memory and CPU limits.
• Implementing monitoring, alerting, and OpenTelemetry tracing across the runtime, then using that visibility to drive optimizations that improve latency and reliability of the service.
• Working closely with the Deno and other open-source teams, contributing to upstream and relaying our users' requirements.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to keep Edge Functions healthy in production.
• Help manage and improve features like scheduled functions, background tasks, WebSockets streaming, ephemeral file storage, and custom routing.
• Integrating functions more tightly with the rest of the Supabase stack - Auth, Postgres, Storage, and Realtime.
• Expanding functions to support more use cases (AI inference, MCP servers, hosting simple websites, URL shorteners).
• Improving the DX of developing and debugging functions locally through the Supabase CLI, including DevTools integration, logging, and production parity.
• A strong vision for how compute and data can be pushed to the edge.

Technology in this role

• JavaScript: JavaScript TypeScript AWS .
• TypeScript: JavaScript TypeScript AWS .
• AWS: JavaScript TypeScript AWS .
• Kubernetes: JavaScript TypeScript AWS .
• Go: We are looking for experienced and passionate engineers to help us go further in this .
• Rust: Evolving Supabase Edge Runtime - an Open-sourced Rust-based host that runs the Deno isolate, manages the main/user runtime split, and enforces per-request memory and CPU .
• Redis: • Experience operating infrastructure at scale - Kubernetes, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Redis, or comparable .
• CAN: A strong vision for how compute and data can be pushed to the .

Benefits

• We 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.
• Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
• Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
• Supabase 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.
• Once 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.
• We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
• Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.

About Supabase

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. All services are deeply integrated and designed for growth.

Edge Functions are server-side TypeScript functions, distributed globally at the edge - close to your users. They power use cases such as webhook receivers, AI inferences, OG image generation and real-time bots (Slack, Discord, etc). Built on top of Supabase Edge Runtime : an open-source, Deno-based runtime written in Rust that runs JavaScript, TypeScript, and WASM services.

We want developers to be able to build truly global applications by distributing both compute and data globally. Infrastructure concerns like regions, cold starts, CPU and memory provisioning should fade into the background so developers can focus on iterating on business logic.

We are looking for experienced and passionate engineers to help us go further in this vision.

Evolving Supabase Edge Runtime - an Open-sourced Rust-based host that runs the Deno isolate, manages the main/user runtime split, and enforces per-request memory and CPU limits.

Implementing monitoring, alerting, and OpenTelemetry tracing across the runtime, then using that visibility to drive optimizations that improve latency and reliability of the service.

Working closely with the Deno and other open-source teams, contributing to upstream and relaying our users' requirements.

Participating in an on-call rotation to keep Edge Functions healthy in production.

Help manage and improve features like scheduled functions, background tasks, WebSockets streaming, ephemeral file storage, and custom routing.

Integrating functions more tightly with the rest of the Supabase stack - Auth, Postgres, Storage, and Realtime.

Expanding functions to support more use cases (AI inference, MCP servers, hosting simple websites, URL shorteners).

Improving the DX of developing and debugging functions locally through the Supabase CLI, including DevTools integration, logging, and production parity.

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