Control Plane Engineer
Design, implement, and maintain internal and public-facing APIs for Supabase products including management APIs and OAuth. Requires 5+ years backend API development with strong TypeScript/Node.js and Nest.js experience, plus PostgreSQL knowledge.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain both internal and public-facing APIs used across various Supabase products, including Studio, CLI, management APIs, and OAuth applications.
- Integrate with third-party platforms and partners, either by developing custom integrations or providing clear API points for them to connect with Supabase.
- Collaborate closely with various teams across Supabase (DevOps, Frontend, etc.) to ensure smooth integration and implementation of API functionality for the rest of the platform.
- Build and enhance testing, debugging, and monitoring tools to ensure public APIs' stability, reliability, and performance.
- Work with the dev-workflows team to enhance and improve the Branching experience, making it easier and more valuable for Supabase users.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in backend API development.
- Strong expertise in TypeScript and JavaScript (Node.js).
- Familiarity with modern tools and frameworks (e.g., Nest.js, Express, Vitest, Zod).
- Expertise in designing robust, scalable, and maintainable APIs.
- Experience with API versioning, pagination, and error handling best practices.
- Experience with OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices (rate limiting, CORS, etc.).
- Good understanding of PostgreSQL and relational databases.
- Proven ability to build scalable, maintainable APIs and develop tools for testing, debugging, and monitoring API performance.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and containerized deployments to streamline API development, testing, and release processes.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices (rate limiting, CORS, etc.).
Skills
TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Nest.Js, Express, Vitest, Zod, OAuth, Jwt, Postgres, Docker, CI/CD
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