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Supabase
This Developer Relations Engineer role at Supabase blends technical content production, demo engineering, community building, and developer advocacy. Core responsibilities include publishing compelling technical content (especially video) to help developers learn Supabase quickly; building demos and tutorials using Supabase alongside Next.js, React, and Stripe; speaking at meetups, livestreaming builds, and engaging the developer ecosystem; supporting and growing the open-source community by celebrating contributors and surfacing feedback; and collaborating with engineering, product, and growth to amplify launches and reduce friction for new users. The role is based in San Francisco specifically to support regular in-person DevRel video shoots and active SF tech ecosystem presence. Required: strong engineering skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Postgres, and modern frontend frameworks (React, Svelte, Vue); experience creating technical content (written or video); comfort representing a product publicly on camera, on stage, or online. Bonus: existing audience on YouTube, Twitch, Twitter; prior DevRel or open-source experience; familiarity with Supabase as a user.
Role context
Developer Relations Engineers at open-source infrastructure companies bridge product engineering and the developer community — creating technical content, building demonstration projects, and representing the platform across conferences, livestreams, and online communities. At Supabase, this role helps grow a community of 350,000+ developers, 1,000+ open-source contributors, and a thriving ecosystem around the Postgres development platform. The position requires equal fluency in writing TypeScript and writing video scripts — DevRel work is split between shipping demo code and producing content that makes developers want to open their code editor. SF-based for regular in-person video production and tech ecosystem participation.
Quick facts
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a Developer Relations Engineer differ from a Developer Advocate?
The titles often overlap but lean differently. Developer Advocates focus more on external evangelism — conferences, community events, content marketing. Developer Relations Engineers carry more engineering depth — building production-grade demos, shipping reference architectures, contributing code to open-source projects. Supabase's title leans toward the engineering side; expect substantial hands-on building alongside content work.
Do you need an existing YouTube or Twitter following for this role?
Listed as a bonus, not required. Supabase is more interested in your engineering depth, content quality, and ability to teach than in pre-existing audience metrics. Many strong DevRel candidates build their audience within the role rather than entering with one. That said, an active GitHub presence demonstrating teaching ability through code is highly valuable.
Is this role remote or required in SF?
Required in San Francisco. The job description specifically states SF presence is needed to support regular in-person DevRel video shoots and active SF tech ecosystem engagement. Some travel is part of the role (conferences, meetups in other cities), but home base is SF. This is unusual for Supabase, which is largely remote-friendly otherwise.