Software Engineer - PlanetScale Vitess

PlanetScale is a profitable, fast-growing database platform offering both Postgres and Vitess clusters. Vitess is an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL that enables businesses to handle large-scale data workloads. The company builds small teams and is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America.

What's the job to be done?

• Design and build critical systems that power PlanetScale's database platform, serving millions of queries per second for some of the world's largest applications.
• Collaborate with a team of expert engineers to solve complex distributed systems challenges.
• Work independently to solve engineering and business problems with little direction and high autonomy.
• Work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go, with experience in other languages like 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.

• Experience with database internals, query optimization, or distributed consensus algorithms.
• Contributions to open-source projects, especially in the database or infrastructure space.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Knowledge of monitoring, observability, and debugging tools.
• Previous experience at a high-growth technology company.

An employee's total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity. Base salary range: $120,000 - $290,000 USD.

Apply via the PlanetScale Greenhouse posting.