Software Engineer – Sharded Postgres

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🕒 May 20

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $120k - $290k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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PlanetScale

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51 - 200 employees

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $50M Series C on 2021-11

SaaS • Enterprise

PlanetScale is a leading cloud database platform known for its scalability and reliability, specifically as an OLTP database that allows MySQL databases to scale horizontally. Leveraging Vitess, an open-source project developed at YouTube, PlanetScale powers Tier 0 databases with scalable, distributed data management solutions trusted by major global brands like GitHub, Slack, and HubSpot. The platform offers deployment options across multi-tenant and single-tenant clouds, providing every user with robust performance backed by automatic sharding, query routing, and compliance with high security standards (such as SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA). PlanetScale is tailored for enterprises requiring reliable, efficient, and high-performing database solutions at scale, with extensive support and integration capabilities.

📋 Description

• You will work on building the best solution for sharded Postgres, a project we're calling Neki: https://www.neki.dev/ • You will 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. • You will collaborate with a team of expert engineers to solve complex distributed systems challenges. • You will work independently to solve engineering and business problems with little direction and high autonomy. • You will work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend systems • Strong proficiency in Go, with experience in other languages like Python or C++ • Experience with not just operating, but developing PostgreSQL, MySQL or other databases • 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities • Paid time off • Wellness programs