Software Engineer - PlanetScale Vitess
PlanetScale5 months ago
Remote, United States or San Francisco, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $290k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build critical systems powering PlanetScale's database platform and serving millions of queries per second.
- Collaborate with expert engineers to solve complex distributed systems challenges.
- Work independently with high autonomy to solve engineering and business problems.
- Work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems.
Requirements
- At least five years of software engineering experience focused on backend systems.
- Strong proficiency in Go and experience with languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
- Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale.
- Strong experience with distributed systems, databases, and performance optimization.
- Ability to work with large codebases, debug complex issues, and make sound technical decisions independently.
- Experience with database internals, query optimization, distributed consensus algorithms, open-source contributions, cloud platforms, monitoring, observability, or debugging tools is beneficial.
Benefits
- Remote-friendly work environment supporting employees regardless of location
- Inclusive and diverse workplace with interview accommodations available
- Base salary range of $120,000-$290,000 USD
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About 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.