Elixir Engineer: Supavisor ( EMEA )

Employment Type

FullTime

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.

About the Role

We are seeking backend Elixir experts that will be focused on Stability and Performance of Supavisor, which is our Postgres connection pool.

About Elixir at Supabase

Supabase Supavisor, 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.

With the growth of Supabase, we need to ensure our connection pool is able to be deployed without impacting users and also guarantee compatibility with multiples systems.

You Will

• Work on stability and performance that allows us to scale up to our customers needs while also reducing operating costs
• Improve the CI/CD of the product to ensure upgrades create low impact on our customers day to day operations
• Directly support customers, 3rd party libraries and other services that use Supavisor to connect to Supabase

You Are

• Worked with low level protocols and has leveraged the usage of pattern matching or parsers.
• Familiar with the ORM, Database client and database integrations ecosystem such as SQLAlchemy, Prisma and other libraries or SaaS that can connect to Postgres
• Worked in improvements in CI/CD where there were special considerations to reduce impact on customers operations
• Postgres knowledge is a plus

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: 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.
• ESOP: Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
• 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, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.
• Annual Off-Sites: 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.
• Flexible Work: We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
• Professional Development: Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.

About the Team

Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.

• 120+ team members
• 35+ countries
• 15+ languages spoken
• $396M raised
• 350,000+ community members
• 20,000+ memes posted (and counting)

We 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 Process

We 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:
  • Founders
  • Future teammates
  • Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)
• Decision: We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.

All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.