PlanetScale
PlanetScale brings you the fastest Postgres and MySQL (Vitess) databases available in the cloud. Get horizontally sharded MySQL with Vitess, and sharded Postgres with Neki (coming soon). Our blazing fast NVMe drives unlock unlimited IOPS, bringing data center performance to the cloud. We offer a range of deployment options to cover all of your security and compliance requirements — including bring your own cloud with PlanetScale Managed.
Open Positions at PlanetScale
6 open positions
Build the cloud control plane and operational tooling that provisions, scales, heals, and protects Neki’s sharded PostgreSQL clusters. This role combines distributed-systems engineering, database reliability, automation, and direct customer collaboration.
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 Neki, PlanetScale’s sharded PostgreSQL product, and help create database infrastructure that serves millions of queries per second. You’ll tackle distributed-systems and database-engine challenges with high autonomy while translating customer needs into robust technical solutions.
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.