About the role

Product Engineer focusing on building and maintaining authentication features for Supabase's Postgres development platform. Collaborating across the stack using Go and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing secure, scalable authentication features in Go and TypeScript.
Working across the stack: from server-side protocols to client-side libraries for frameworks like Next.js.
Contributing to the evolution of our Auth architecture, including support for OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and other protocols.
Writing and reviewing RFCs as part of our product development process.
Collaborating with engineers across Supabase to ensure a seamless experience for developers using our tools.
Supporting the community and respond to developer feedback on GitHub, Discord, and other channels.

(Required) Have 5+ years of Software Development experience in a professional setting.
(Required) Have 2+ years of professional experience working on an authentication system (implementing protocol support, maintenance at scale).
Have strong knowledge of web technology fundamentals (cookies, sessions, JWT, HTTP, browser APIs).
Have good knowledge of and deep interest in authentication security (passwords, protocols such as OAuth, OIDC or SAML, cryptography fundamentals such as hash functions, signatures and ciphers).
Have experience working with multiple web frameworks like Next.js (or other SSR alternative in the JavaScript space) and traditional web frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel or equivalent (in any language).
Have strong knowledge of Go and TypeScript (languages used daily) and Postgres.
Have good technical writing skills (RFC process is an important part of making changes to the Auth product).