Supabase
Database Support Engineer (APAC)
Remote Support role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedDec 17, 2025
Eligible countries19 accepted countries
Seniority signalOpen level
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
Role overview
Database Support Engineer (APAC)
Requirements and responsibilities
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What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Resolve Technical Issues: Investigate and resolve advanced customer issues across Postgres, Auth, RLS, Storage, Realtime, Edge Functions, and client libraries.
- Provide Consultative Advice: Offer proactive guidance to optimize workloads, avoid common pitfalls, and provide tailored advice to our most advanced users.
- Bridge the Gap to Engineering: Reproduce bugs, isolate root causes, propose workarounds, and escalate to engineering with solid reproduction steps.
- Investigate Deeply: Ask smart, targeted questions that turn incomplete reports into actionable cases.
- Communicate Effectively: Communicate clearly and empathetically with users of all levels—especially during high-impact or time-sensitive situations.
- Drive Product Improvement: Spot patterns across tickets and recommend improvements to documentation, tooling, and the product itself.
- Mentor and Lead: Mentor junior team members and help raise the overall bar for support quality.
You Might Be a Good Fit If
- Experience: You have 7+ years in technical support, databases, backend engineering, SRE, or similar roles.
- Postgres Expertise: You know PostgreSQL deeply—including autovacuum behavior, WAL growth, long-running transactions, table bloat, and other internals.
- Query Optimization: You’re strong in high-performance SQL and query optimization.
- Troubleshooting Skills: You’re comfortable troubleshooting complex setups, including multi-tenant schema patterns and distributed system behavior.
- Migration Knowledge: You’ve handled data migration issues (pg_dump/restore, schema drift, failed migrations) and know how to recover safely.
- Technical Stack: You have hands-on experience with cloud hosting providers like AWS and are comfortable in terminal/Linux environments.
- Operational Mindset: You thrive in high-volume situations and can form and test assumptions quickly.
Timezones & Logistics
- Type: Full-time position.
- Location: This role requires a location within APAC time zones (we do not believe in the sustainability of overnight shifts).
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 wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.
- Annual Off-SitesOnce 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 WorkWe operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
- Professional DevelopmentEvery team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.
About the Team
- 280+ team members
- 55+ countries
- 20+ languages spoken
- $500M raised
- 500,000+ community members
Details
- Team Leads
- Future teammates
- Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)
- Someone from our leadership/founding team
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