Software Engineer - PlanetScale Vitess
Core
Design and build critical systems for PlanetScale's database platform (Postgres and Vitess) to handle millions of queries per second for large-scale applications.
Role type
Senior IC backend software engineer (distributed systems/database infrastructure)
Builds
Next-generation database infrastructure and clustering systems
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed databases, MySQL/Postgres
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, distributed systems, relational databases (MySQL), Kubernetes, containerization, performance optimization, debugging complex systems
Preferred skills
Database internals, query optimization, distributed consensus algorithms, open-source contributions, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), observability tools
Technologies
Go, Python, Java, C++, MySQL, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Design and build critical systems powering the database platform; collaborate on complex distributed systems challenges; work independently with high autonomy; debug complex issues across multiple systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC