Software Engineer - Internal Tools
PlanetScale2 months ago
Base Salary
$120k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build AI-enabled tools and agents that automate manual work across engineering, support, and operations.
- Create bots and integrations for Slack, PagerDuty, and other business systems.
- Build internal dashboards that provide visibility into service quality and operational activity.
- Integrate LLM APIs and AI coding tools into internal systems.
- Automate incident response and customer support workflows.
- Own projects from design through development, launch, and support.
- Work with senior engineers and leadership to identify and resolve operational friction.
Requirements
- 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent project or internship work.
- Solid fundamentals in at least one of TypeScript, Ruby, or Go.
- Comfort building with AI coding tools and LLM APIs as part of AI-enabled systems.
- Experience writing scripts, small services, or automations that solve practical problems.
- Clear written communication skills.
- Willingness and ability to work in person from PlanetScale’s San Francisco office.
- Preferred: experience with Slack’s API, GitHub Actions, or similar automation platforms.
- Preferred: exposure to Terraform or Kubernetes.
- Preferred: a side project, bot, or tool built to automate a personal task.
Benefits
- In-office work from the San Francisco headquarters most days of the week.
- Base salary range of $120,000–$160,000 USD.
- Total compensation includes base salary, variable compensation where appropriate, benefits, and equity.
- Inclusive and equitable workplace with accommodation support during the interview process.
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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.