Supabase

Open-Source Firebase Alternative — Build in a Weekend, Scale to Millions

The consensus on Supabase: Choose Supabase if you want open-source impact, extreme autonomy, and a no-hierarchy culture — but expect intense workload and poor work-life balance.

2020
Founded
Singapore
HQ (Fully Remote)
~250
Employees
~$2B
Valuation (2024)
Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Supabase

Founded in 2020 by Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson, Supabase is building an open-source alternative to Firebase. The culture is deeply engineering-driven with a flat, no-hierarchy structure where every engineer owns entire features from design to deployment. Fully remote and async-first, the team ships fast with meetings as a last resort — but the pace is relentless and work-life balance takes a hit.

Open Source Remote-Friendly Engineering-Driven Ship Fast Flat Hierarchy Async-First
Glassdoor Ratings

Supabase Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

4.8
Overall Glassdoor Score
Based on 5 reviews
Culture & Values 4.5
Compensation & Benefits 4.0
Senior Management 4.7
Career Opportunities 4.0
Work-Life Balance 3.0
Overall Rating 4.8
100% Recommend to a Friend
CEO Approval (Paul Copplestone)
Employee Review Themes

Working at Supabase: Pros & Cons

✓ What employees love

  • ✓ Truly open-source DNA — build products millions of developers use daily
  • ✓ No-hierarchy remote culture with extreme autonomy and generous allowances
  • ✓ Work alongside the best — talented engineers solving hard database and infrastructure problems
  • ✓ 100% of reviewers recommend to a friend — highest recommendation rate in our database
  • ✓ Massive developer community — 75k+ GitHub stars and growing fast

✗ What could be better

  • ✗ Work-life balance rated 3.0/5 — the lowest WLB score in our database alongside intense shipping pace
  • ✗ Intense workload — reviewers note more work than a single person can reasonably manage
  • ✗ Small team relative to the scale of the product — expect to wear many hats
  • ✗ Still building processes — startup chaos comes with the territory
Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

TypeScript Elixir Rust PostgreSQL Deno Edge Functions

Open Source & Research

Core product is fully open-source (75k+ GitHub stars). Active contributor to PostgreSQL ecosystem. Supabase client libraries support 10+ languages.

Engineering Blog

Active engineering blog covering PostgreSQL, Realtime, Edge Functions, and vector search. Read the blog →

Team Structure

Fully remote, globally distributed. Meetings as a last resort — async-first with heavy use of GitHub and Linear. Engineers own entire features from design to deployment.

Open Positions

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