Jobs at PlanetScale

The Software Engineer will design and build systems for sharded PostgreSQL, collaborate with a team to solve distributed systems challenges, and directly engage with customers to create technical solutions.

As a Software Engineer on the Insights team, you'll develop observability products and enhance database performance monitoring for clients using Vitess, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

Design and build the Neki control plane to provision, scale, and heal sharded PostgreSQL clusters. Implement high-availability, disaster recovery, backup/restore, and migration tooling. Operate distributed, fault-tolerant services on Kubernetes, participate in on-call rotations, and work with customers to translate workloads into platform improvements.

Own PlanetScale's end-to-end events strategy and execution across developer experiences, conferences, dinners, meetups, and hybrid formats. Set creative standards, manage budget and vendors, build a global events calendar, drive measurable outcomes (developer acquisition, product adoption, pipeline), and operate as a hands-on individual contributor while growing the function.

The Developer Educator will create technical content, speak at events, enhance documentation, and engage the developer community through online platforms and conferences, requiring 20-50% travel.

Design and build the control plane for Postgres clusters, ensure data protection, automate database operations, and collaborate with customers to enhance the platform.