Solutions Engineer

PlanetScale is reinventing the transactional database market, offering both Postgres and Vitess clusters. Backed by over $100M in venture financing from top-tier VCs including a16z, Kleiner Perkins, SignalFire, and Insight Venture Partners, we serve innovative companies such as Block, Anysphere (Cursor), MyFitnessPal, Etsy, and Kick. We are a profitable company focused on building small teams of p99 individuals and are recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America.

We are looking for early members of our Sales team to form deep partnerships with prospects and customers, helping them adopt and succeed on the next generation of database infrastructure. As a Solutions Engineer, you will partner with Sales and Customer Engineering throughout the pre-sales and post-sales journey as the technical expert solving customers' most challenging database problems.

• Lead technical discovery to match customers' business and technical objectives with PlanetScale's offerings.
• Design and execute proof of value timelines that deliver on agreed business outcomes and success criteria.
• Design database migration strategies and work hands-on with customers to execute migrations to PlanetScale's PostgreSQL and Vitess platforms.
• Assess workloads, analyze performance requirements, and recommend architecture, sizing, and optimization strategies.
• Build tools, scripts, and automation that accelerate migrations and improve customer onboarding.
• Create educational content including documentation, guides, blog posts, workshops, and videos.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to advocate for customer needs and shape the platform.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL in production, including operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting OR 5+ years of experience supporting customers with MySQL or PostgreSQL workloads.
• Experience working with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI).
• Proven success in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager.
• Strong understanding of database migration strategies and tooling.
• Experience evaluating database solutions including architecture reviews, capacity planning, and performance analysis.
• Ability to write scripts and tools in Python, Go, or JavaScript.
• Experience creating technical content such as documentation, tutorials, or blog posts.

• Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) or logical replication tools.
• Knowledge of Vitess, database sharding, or distributed database systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in database communities.
• Public speaking experience at conferences or meetups.

Total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity. Base salary range: $160,000 - $250,000 USD. PlanetScale supports people to do their best work and thrive no matter the location, with a mission to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company.

Apply via the Greenhouse job posting.