Solutions Engineer
Core
Technical expert partnering with sales to guide customers through database migrations and adoption of PlanetScale's PostgreSQL and Vitess platforms.
Role type
Solutions Engineer (Pre-sales & Post-sales)
Builds
Database migration strategies, proof of value timelines, automation tools, and educational content for database infrastructure.
Domain
Cloud-native database infrastructure (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Vitess)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Database operations, performance tuning, migration strategies, cloud provider expertise, scripting (Python/Go/JS), technical content creation
Preferred skills
AWS DMS, logical replication, Vitess, sharding, Kubernetes, Terraform, open-source contributions
Technologies
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Vitess, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Python, Go, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation
Responsibilities
Partner with Sales and Customer Engineering throughout pre-sales and post-sales journey; Lead technical discovery to match customer objectives with offerings; Design and execute proof of value timelines; Design database migration strategies and execute migrations; Assess workloads and recommend architecture/optimization; Build tools and automation to accelerate migrations; Create educational content (documentation, guides, videos); Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape the platform.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
