Control Plane Engineer

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.).