Supabase, founded in 2020, is an open-source company building a Postgres development platform positioned as an alternative to Firebase. Its platform provides a complete backend stack, including a database, authentication, instant APIs, storage, edge functions, real-time subscriptions, and vector search. The company has raised over $116 million in funding and operates with a fully remote team spread across 25 countries.
The platform has attracted a developer community of over 1.7 million users. Supabase's technical work centres on Postgres, backend infrastructure, and developer tooling, with a focus on making backend development more accessible and portable. The company describes itself as shaped by its open-source community and seeks people who prioritise developer experience and operational excellence.
