Postgres Deployment Engineer – Nix

Supabase

Postgres Deployment Engineer at Supabase ensuring stability and deployment of PostgreSQL products. Collaborating with product and infrastructure teams to enhance deployment reliability.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • 🌎 Anywhere in the WorldMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSDockerGoJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxMacOSPackerPostgresRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 PostgreSQL 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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully Remote
ESOP
Tech Allowance
Health Benefits
Annual Off-Sites
Flexible Work
Professional Development

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Hard Skills & Tools

PostgreSQLNixAnsiblePackerDockerQEMUKVMAWSKubernetesC/C++

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingmentoringindependent workproactive approach