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PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. The PlanetScale platform delivers a fully managed, multi-cloud Postgres service designed for the most demanding production workloads. We handle the complexity of provisioning, scaling, replication, and failover - so engineering teams can focus on building their products. Our customers entrust us with their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn't be higher. We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Postgres engineering team and help us build a world-class managed Postgres offering. What's the job to be done? • You will design and build the control plane that provisions, scales, and heals Postgres clusters with minimal customer-visible downtime. • You will build and maintain high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection solutions that keep customer databases safe through infrastructure failures. • You will tune Postgres to operate at scale for some of the largest and most demanding workloads in the world. • You will build tooling and automation for database operations, backup, restore, and migration workflows - and participate in an on-call rotation. • You will work directly with customers to understand their workloads and translate real-world needs into platform improvements. These attributes best describe you… • You have strong experience building, operating, or maintaining large-scale Postgres deployments in production. • You have an excellent understanding of low-level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking, storage, and performance. • You have strong fundamental computer science skills and can reason about distributed, fault-tolerant systems. • You thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy mentoring other engineers, and communicate complex technical tradeoffs clearly. • You are self-motivated and can work independently with minimal guidance while making sound technical decisions. What you will need • 5+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production. • Strong proficiency in Go, with experience in other languages like Ruby, Python, Zig or Rust. • Experience building and maintaining distributed, fault-tolerant services. • Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications. • Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale. What else will help you be successful • Experience building or operating a database-as-a-service or managed database platform. • Experience with connection pooling and proxy layers for Postgres. • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure-as-code. • Contributions to open-source projects, especially in the Postgres or database infrastructure space. • Experience working with remote, geographically distributed teams. • Previous experience at a high-growth technology company. Why PlanetScale We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale—and we work with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS. As a Software Engineer, you'll be at the core of building the platform that powers world-class apps used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. PlanetScale is a profitable company with a philosophy centered around building small teams of p99 individuals and is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America. At PlanetScale we believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive no matter the location. Our mission is to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company. We strive to build an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued, whether they are a candidate or an employee. We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, pregnancy status, and veteran status. If you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate! Total Compensation and Pay Transparency An employee's total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any further questions when we engage with you to begin the interview process. Base salary range: $120,000 - $290,000 USD

PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the transactional database market. The PlanetScale platform offers both Postgres and Vitess clusters. Vitess, an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enables businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads — without sacrificing developer experience. PlanetScale is backed with over $100M in venture financing from top-tier VCs including a16z, Kleiner Perkins, SignalFire, and Insight Venture Partners. And we serve some of the most innovative companies in the world such as Block, Anysphere (Cursor), MyFitnessPal, Etsy, Kick, and thousands more. Our customers entrust us with what is often their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn't be higher. We're looking for early members of our Sales team that can form deep partnerships with our prospects and customers to help them adopt and succeed on the next generation of database infrastructure. What's the job to be done? • Partner with Sales and Customer Engineering throughout the pre-sales and post-sales journey as the technical expert helping customers solve their most challenging database problems. • Lead technical discovery to match customers’ business and technical objectives with PlanetScale’s offerings. • Design and execute proof of value timelines that deliver on agreed upon business outcomes and success criteria. • Design database migration strategies and work hands-on with customers to execute migrations to PlanetScale's PostgreSQL and Vitess platforms. • Assess workloads, analyze performance requirements, and recommend architecture, sizing, and optimization strategies. • Build tools, scripts, and automation that accelerate migrations and improve customer onboarding. • Create educational content including documentation, guides, blog posts, workshops, and videos. • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to advocate for customer needs and shape the platform. These attributes best describe you… • You have deep expertise in database systems including replication, high availability, sharding, performance tuning, and migration strategies. • You're equally comfortable presenting architecture designs to executives and writing scripts to automate migration tasks. • You thrive in customer-facing situations and translate technical concepts into business value for diverse audiences. • You're self-motivated and can manage multiple engagements simultaneously with minimal oversight. • You enjoy creating content and sharing knowledge through various formats. • You're comfortable with occasional travel (less than 20%). What you will need • 5+ years of hands-on experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL in production, including operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting OR • 5+ years of experience supporting customers with MySQL or PostgreSQL workloads where you advised on operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting • Experience working with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI) • Proven success in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager • Strong understanding of database migration strategies and tooling • Experience evaluating database solutions including architecture reviews, capacity planning, and performance analysis • Ability to write scripts and tools in Python, Go, or JavaScript • Experience creating technical content such as documentation, tutorials, or blog posts What else will help you be successful • Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) or logical replication tools • Knowledge of Vitess, database sharding, or distributed database systems • Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation • Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in database communities • Public speaking experience at conferences or meetups Why PlanetScale We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale—and we work with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS. As a Solutions Engineer, you'll guide customers through transformational database migrations and help them unlock the full power of PlanetScale's platform. PlanetScale is a profitable company with a philosophy centered around building small teams of p99 individuals and is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America. At PlanetScale we believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive no matter the location. Our mission is to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company. We strive to build an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued, whether they are a candidate or an employee. We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic …