Supalite Engineer

## **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 engineers to join the team building [Supabase Lite](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@supabase/lite), a lightweight, TypeScript-native implementation of Supabase. It runs interchangeably on SQLite and Postgres and ships a PostgREST and Auth compatible API, so applications written against @supabase/supabase-js work as-is. It exists because AI builders and platform partners need a database they can give to every prototype without the cost or the wait: sub-second provisioning, a footprint small enough to run inside a sandbox, and an upgrade path to full Supabase when an app graduates to production. This is a role with a lot of agency. Small team, working product, patterns still to be set - you'll own large areas end to end and make real decisions from day one. ## ## **What You'll Be Responsible For** In this role, you'll: - Grow API compatibility with the Supabase client, keeping behavior faithful to hosted Supabase and backed by conformance tests - Bring more of the Supabase stack to SQLite - Build and harden the path for upgrading a project from Supabase Lite to full Supabase - Own the developer experience end to end: the CLI, local tooling, and docs - Build and harden the hosted offering on a scale-to-zero, near-zero-cost footing, kept loosely coupled so the implementation can be swapped without a rewrite - Work directly with design partners and turn real-world migration and integration friction into a sharper product - Engage with the open-source community and contribute back to the broader Supabase stack. ## **You Might Be a Good Fit If You** - Have substantial backend or full-stack experience with strong fluency in TypeScript, and have built or contributed to a backend system, framework, or developer platform before - Are a strong generalist, comfortable moving across the stack from API design to storage internals to infrastructure, and picking up whatever the problem needs - Read unfamiliar code without friction. A lot of the work means studying reference implementations in other languages, such as GoTrue in Go and PostgREST in Haskell, and matching their behavior in TypeScript - Have a solid grounding in SQL and relational databases, and the curiosity to dig into where Postgres and SQLite differ - Have a bias toward compatibility and correctness, and reach for tests and specs to prove behavior - Think around corners. When everyone reaches for the standard playbook, you look for the simpler path that fits a smaller box — breaking a complex system down to the 20% that covers 80% of the need, then making it run somewhere far smaller than it was designed for - Care about developer experience: clean APIs, fast feedback loops, and tooling that makes the right thing the easy thing - Are comfortable owning ambiguous, early-stage work and making sound calls that inform and define the spec. This is a founding role on a brand-new team - Are comfortable working in public repositories on a remote, async team - Communicate clearly in writing - Bonus: experience with the Supabase stack, building developer CLIs, or a track record of open-source maintenance. ### **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%…