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OrioleDB Deployment Engineer

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Supabase is seeking a Deployment Engineer to help build and operate its OrioleDB offering for a managed Postgres platform. The role focuses on Nix-based packaging, release lifecycle management, CI/CD improvements, developer self-service tooling, and production deployment reliability. The engineer will work across PostgreSQL extensions, multi-architecture builds, cloud infrastructure, and customer deployment incidents. This is a highly autonomous position in an asynchronous distributed team, with mentoring responsibilities around Nix practices. No base salary is disclosed; equity, allowances, health coverage, and other benefits are not treated as salary.
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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’re looking for a OrioleDB Deployment Engineer to join our OrioleDB Team and help elevate our OrioleDB offering. You’ll work closely with the OrioleDB team, playing an instrumental role in technical decision-making and refining internal methodologies.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building developer tools that scale to millions.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • Package software into our supabase/postgres repo using Nix (with flakes), and help us transition our packaging from traditional to Nix packaging more over time.

  • Manage OrioleDB release lifecycles, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades.

  • Expand platform release systems to allow developers to increasingly self-service.

  • Optimize CI/CD and tooling, specifically expanding GitHub Actions, team tooling, and testing/release approaches.

  • Resolve production issues by proactively identifying and fixing problems in customer deployments.

  • Maintain best practices and tests to ensure enhanced stability and decreased deployment risks.

  • co-owning the integration of OrioleDB into the supabase product

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

  • Have 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL and its ecosystem, including extensions and performance optimization.

  • Are an Infrastructure Expert with proven experience in management, tooling, and optimization.

  • Are proficient in the Nix package management system (including flakes) alongside Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes.

  • Have experience building for multiple architectures, specifically Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64 targets.

  • Are comfortable with polyglot environments, including builds for C/C++, Go, JavaScript, and Rust-based projects.

  • Communicate clearly across both technical and non-technical audiences, especially when interacting with customers.

  • Have experience in async or globally distributed teams and value independent, proactive problem-solving.

  • Are willing to mentor, taking on responsibility for teaching the engineering team to use and contribute to our Nix-based work.

  • Have experience with integration of emerging features into widely used managed hosted product platforms

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.

  • 200+ team members

  • 40+ countries

  • 15+ languages spoken

  • $496M raised

  • 430,000+ community members

  • 30,000+ 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.

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.

  • ~400 team members

  • 60+ countries

  • 20+ languages spoken

  • Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F)

  • 540,000+ community members

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.

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Role DNA

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Job Complexity

5/5
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Pace & Pressure

4/5
RelaxedFast-paced

Autonomy Level

5/5
GuidedFull ownership

Communication Load

4/5
IndependentCollaborative
AI insightThe position requires deep hands-on expertise across PostgreSQL, Nix packaging, release engineering, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and production troubleshooting. It also involves technical leadership, cross-functional decisions, and mentoring in a fast-moving developer-platform environment.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive
$180,000
US market range (per year)$150k–$210k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer base salary was disclosed. The yearly cadence and USD market estimate are inferred for a senior remote DevOps and database deployment engineering role in the US market; these figures are AI estimates, not employer-provided compensation.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How would you approach migrating a PostgreSQL packaging workflow from traditional packaging to Nix with flakes?

I would first map current build inputs, dependencies, artifacts, and release steps. Then I would create reproducible Nix derivations and flakes for the highest-value components, validate them in CI across supported architectures, and migrate incrementally while retaining a rollback path. Documentation and reusable templates would help other engineers adopt the workflow.

What practices would you use to make OrioleDB releases reliable and repeatable?

I would define versioned release criteria, automated compatibility tests, upgrade and rollback procedures, artifact provenance, and staged rollout checks. I would also automate release notes and validation through CI, monitor post-release health signals, and maintain clear ownership for major, minor, and extension upgrades.

Describe how you would investigate a production issue affecting a customer deployment of a PostgreSQL extension.

I would begin by assessing impact, gathering relevant logs, deployment versions, configuration, and database metrics, then attempt to reproduce the issue in a controlled environment. I would communicate status and mitigations clearly, identify the root cause, deploy a tested fix or workaround, and add regression coverage plus operational documentation.

How would you support builds for Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64 targets?

I would use a reproducible build definition with platform-specific inputs isolated where necessary. CI would build and test each target independently, verify dependency availability and binary compatibility, and publish artifacts only after architecture-specific validation. I would also document local development paths for both platforms.

How do you mentor engineers who are new to Nix without slowing delivery?

I would pair practical enablement with small adoption steps: clear examples, starter templates, focused documentation, and short working sessions tied to real team tasks. I would encourage contributions through review feedback and make common workflows easy to run in CI, so learning produces immediate operational value.

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