Performance Engineer - Benchmarking
WFA Digital Insight
Supabase is looking for a performance engineer who will own the entire benchmarking pipeline, from defining realistic workloads to turning results into actionable tickets. The position sits at the intersection of database, storage and cloud infrastructure, giving the engineer a chance to shape how an entire platform measures speed and reliability. Because the team is still forming, the successful candidate will set the standards and tooling that product groups will rely on, making the work highly visible across the company. Candidates should be comfortable building end‑to‑end test frameworks and translating noisy data into clear regression signals before they apply.
Job Description
ABOUT SUPABASE Supabase is the Postgres development platform, built by developers for developers. We provide a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search. All services are deeply integrated and designed for growth. ABOUT THIS ROLE We’re hiring experienced performance engineers to make performance measurement at Supabase rigorous, repeatable, and actionable by product teams. This role owns the benchmarking and profiling systems we use to detect regressions, explain performance changes, and publish credible numbers for customers and the market. You’ll build the tooling and the methodology and make it easy for product teams to use it correctly. You’d join a new performance team as one of its first members, working alongside a deeply seasoned performance engineer, with the team growing to roughly six this year. There’s no legacy process to inherit — you’ll help define how we measure and communicate performance metrics at Supabase. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Build and evolve benchmarking, profiling, and load-testing tooling (cloud, database, and end-to-end).
- Define benchmark suites and reference workloads that reflect real customer behavior (and evolve them as the products change).
- Establish performance baselines and regression gates across products (variance tracking, environment control, and detection of changes).
- Build mechanisms that turn benchmark results into action: triage workflows, owner routing, and clear, reproducible reports.
- Partner closely with database teams (e.g.
- Enable the company to publish credible, repeatable performance numbers for customers and the market.
- Help teams self-serve performance testing and make performance a first-class engineering concern. PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT WORK ON - Build our continuous benchmarking infrastructure so product teams can spot performance regressions early.
- Analyze and eliminate issues with load generators, workloads or benchmark environments to ensure that benchmarks are reliable indicators for actual product performance.
- Build regression triage tooling that pinpoints what changed (diffing, profiles/traces, query-level attribution).
- Help product teams so they can analyze the root cause of performance regressions in benchmark environments themselves.
- Strong systems intuition (databases, storage, networking, cloud infrastructure).
- Comfortable working across product, infra, and database teams.
- Pragmatic, tooling-oriented mindset with strong communication skills.
- ESOP Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
- Tech Allowance Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
- Health Benefits Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are.
- Annual Off-Sites Once 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 Work We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
- Professional Development Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.
- ~400 team members - 60+ countries - 20+ languages spoken - Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F) - 540,000+ community members We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship.
How to Stand Out
- Highlight any previous benchmarking frameworks you built, including the languages and CI integrations used.
- Prepare a short case study showing how you identified a performance regression and the steps you took to resolve it.
- Demonstrate familiarity with PostgreSQL internals or similar databases in your resume or cover letter.
- During interviews, be ready to discuss how you control variance in test environments and ensure reproducibility.
- Emphasize remote‑work discipline: showcase your communication tools, async collaboration habits, and self‑management practices.
- If offered equity, research Supabase’s ESOP terms so you can ask informed questions about vesting and valuation.
- Watch for overly vague descriptions of performance metrics; ask for concrete examples of the benchmark suites you’ll be expected to maintain.
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