Software Engineer - Turso

Supabase; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WeWork membership

ESOP (equity)

Tech Allowance

Health Benefits

Job summary

Supabase is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Turso core database team. You will help shape agentic databases, work with customers and teams, and scale a distributed Open Source database to billions of operations daily.

This role emphasizes async, fast-paced development, deterministic testing, and building tools that scale. Remote-first company with global reach and strong OSS community involvement.

Qualifications

• Experience building database systems or low-level platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud deployments and observability tooling.
• Comfort with remote collaboration and OSS communities.

Responsibilities

• Drive progress of the Turso Open Source database and Postgres compatibility layer.
• Ensure code reliability and system guarantees.
• Maintain Turso Cloud ops and data plane operations.
• Improve scalability for a 100x larger number of databases.

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

Open Source

Cloud environments

Job description

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 Software Engineer to join our Turso core database team and help bring forward the future of agentic databases. Turso is both an Open Source database that replaces SQLite - with an ongoing project to also support the Postgres interface - and a Cloud offering where users can create databases on demand. You'll work closely with customers and other teams at Supabase to build the future of what databases look like in a world where users and agents are creating millions of databases a day. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in async, fast-paced environments and is excited about building database technology tools that scale to billions.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Driving the progress of the Turso Open Source database, in particular the Postgres compatibility layer.
• Making sure code works, and never breaks, and putting the systems and guarantees in place for that to happen.
• Maintaining the Turso Cloud operations, including the Cloud API and data plane operations.
• Improving the scalability of the Turso Cloud operations to support a 100x larger number of databases.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You

• Have written databases before, and/or other high-stakes low-level systems like Hypervisors, OS Kernels, storage devices, etc.
• Have experience working with remote teams and Open Source communities.
• Have a passion and experience for correct systems that work, and have the experience in the tools to make that happen: Deterministic Simulation Testing, formal verification methods, fuzz and differential testing, etc.
• Have experience deploying, operating and debugging large scale software systems in production in cloud environments such as AWS Kubernetes.
• Have experience improving the observability, reliability and performance of complex cloud systems.
• Are comfortable working in Rust.
• Are comfortable with LLM-assisted development and evals.
• Are comfortable working with Embedded databases.
• Communicate clearly across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Are energized by solving real-world problems for developers.
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly.

What We Offer

• Fully 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 wel