PlanetScale
PlanetScale provides a managed database platform for developers, offering MySQL-compatible (Vitess-based) and Postgres services with features like horizontal sharding and non-blocking schema changes, delivered as SaaS. The product targets teams running high-scale transactional workloads and modern application backends. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is privately held, with customers including Block, Etsy, MyFitnessPal, Anysphere (Cursor), and Kick.
Open Positions at PlanetScale
6 open positions
Build internal tools, AI-enabled agents, integrations, and dashboards that automate manual work across PlanetScale’s engineering, support, and operations teams. This in-office role is suited to an early-career engineer who enjoys shipping practical automations quickly.
Join PlanetScale’s Postgres engineering team to build a highly available, multi-cloud managed database platform. You’ll develop control-plane systems, database operations tooling, and reliability solutions for demanding production workloads.
Build the next generation of PlanetScale’s customer-facing database observability platform across Vitess/MySQL and PostgreSQL. You’ll own data pipelines, APIs, dashboards, and performance-analysis tools that help developers understand and improve database health.
Build the next generation of PlanetScale's database infrastructure using Go, Vitess, and distributed systems expertise. You will design scalable backend systems, solve complex database challenges, and translate customer needs into robust technical solutions.
PlanetScale is seeking a customer-facing Solutions Engineer to lead database architecture, performance analysis, and migrations to PostgreSQL and Vitess. You’ll combine deep database expertise with scripting, technical content creation, and close collaboration with customers and internal teams.
Support enterprise customers running PlanetScale database infrastructure by debugging production issues, advising on PostgreSQL and MySQL workloads, and coordinating product escalations. This customer-facing engineering role combines database expertise, code-level troubleshooting, and high-priority incident response.