Scalable cloud databases for Postgres and MySQL (Vitess)
PlanetScale provides cloud-native, highly scalable databases powered by Vitess for MySQL sharding and Postgres, using NVMe for unlimited IOPS. They serve engineering teams at companies like Slack, GitHub, and Cash App with features like branching, deploy requests, and non-blocking schema changes. This enables reliable, performant database operations at massive scale without operational overhead.
Coordinate in-person events including executive dinners, conferences, meetups, and community activations to connect developers and tech leaders with PlanetScale. Requires 2+ years in event or field marketing with strong organizational and project management skills.
Design and build the control plane for provisioning, scaling, and healing Neki (sharded PostgreSQL) clusters. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go proficiency, Kubernetes, and distributed systems expertise.
Design and build the control plane and tooling for a managed Postgres service, focusing on HA, DR, scaling, and automation for large-scale deployments. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go skills, and deep Postgres/distributed systems knowledge.
Build customer-facing database observability product for Vitess/MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data collection pipelines, dashboards, query analysis, and performance profiling tools. Requires 5+ years experience and observability/monitoring background.
Software Engineer building PlanetScale's sharded PostgreSQL platform (Neki) from scratch. Focus on distributed systems, database engines, and high-scale query performance with strong Go and backend experience.
Designs and implements security controls for cloud-native database platform, conducts threat modeling and red teaming, and builds security automation. Requires 5+ years security engineering experience, Go proficiency, and cloud security expertise.
Creates technical content, documentation, and presentations on databases like Postgres, MySQL, and Vitess; speaks at conferences and hosts webinars to educate developers. Requires 2+ years in engineering/DevRel and strong communication skills, with 20-50% travel.