The role
Supabase needs an engineer to own its open-source Python SDK across database, auth, storage, realtime and functions. You'll build sync and async APIs, maintain public repos and shape API decisions in the open.
What you'll do
- Build and evolve the Python SDK with natural sync and async APIs
- Own the typing experience so autocomplete and static analysis stay correct
- Triage issues, review outside contributions and keep CI and releases healthy
- Keep the SDK in step with auth, realtime, storage and functions changes
- Write RFCs, migration guides, release notes and docs in public
What they're looking for
Must-haves
- Deep modern Python typing: generics, protocols, overloads, strict checking
- Authored or maintained a published library with outside users
- Open-source maintainer experience: triage, PR review, semver, releases
- Fluent in asyncio and sync/async library design
- Python packaging know-how and a habit of testing every fix
Nice to have
- Run a major-version migration for a public package
- Knowledge of JWT/OAuth
- Built integrations for AI agent frameworks or generated clients from a schema
The company
Supabase
Remote-first Postgres platform, 60+ countries
Supabase is an open-source Postgres development platform offering database, auth, storage, edge functions, realtime and vector search. It's a born-remote team of about 400 people in 60+ countries.
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