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Platform Engineer, Edge & Networking

Supabase

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Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 2 Oct

At a glance

Deadline
Open. No closing date published.
Fee
No fee to apply
Who may apply
  • Anywhere in the world, as Supabase lists this one as Remote, Global
  • Five years or more in SRE, DevOps or cloud infrastructure, four of them building high-scale networking or edge systems
Where
Remote, global

A fully remote senior engineering job, open anywhere in the world, with Supabase, the open-source database platform, running its API gateway, routing, load balancing, DNS and global traffic, with equity for every team member.

The facts

What you get
A salary and equity (ESOP); no salary figure is published on the posting
Where
Remote, global
How long
Full time

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states.

The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

An online form; it names no documents. Some forms do not save as you go, so set aside time to do it in one sitting.

In their words: “An online application”

2. Dates

  • No closing date is stated.
  • Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice

Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp

The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for a job

General advice from us, the same for every job. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

  • Match your CV to this job: put the experience closest to what it asks for first, and use the same words the listing uses for the same things.
  • For each thing the listing asks for, have one real example ready: where you did it, what you did, and what changed because of it.
  • Informal work counts. Selling, tutoring, running a family shop, volunteering and caring for relatives all built real skills; say what you did plainly.
  • If a cover letter is asked for, keep it to three short paragraphs: why this job, what you have done that fits, and when you can start.

If there is an interview or a test

  • Read the listing again the day before, and the organisation's own about page.
  • Prepare two or three short stories: a problem you solved, a time you learned something quickly, a time you worked with others.
  • Have one or two questions ready for them, for example what the first three months in the role look like.
  • For a call or video interview, test your data, battery and a quiet place beforehand. If your connection drops, call or write straight away.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on Supabase's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at Supabase's own website on 2 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.