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PlanetScale · 4 months ago

Software Engineer - Sharded Postgres

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$120K/yr - $290K/yr
date5+ years exp

PlanetScale is rapidly growing and reinventing the database space, offering innovative solutions for managing data at scale. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their core engineering team, focusing on building sharded Postgres solutions and designing critical systems that serve millions of queries per second.

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Responsibilities

You will work on building the best solution for sharded Postgres
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

Qualification

GoDistributed systemsPostgresKubernetesMySQLCloud platformsPerformance optimizationDebugging skillsOpen-source contributionsMentoring

Required

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 Postgres, MySQL or other relational databases
Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications
Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale
You are passionate about building high-quality, scalable systems and take pride in writing clean, maintainable code
You have strong experience with distributed systems, databases, and performance optimization
You are comfortable working with large codebases and can quickly understand and contribute to complex systems
You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy mentoring junior engineers
You have excellent problem-solving skills and can debug complex issues across multiple systems
You are self-motivated and can work independently with minimal guidance while making sound technical decisions

Preferred

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

Base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity

Company

PlanetScale

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PlanetScale builds a database-as-a-service offering on Vitess, an open source sharding middleware system for MySQL.
dateFounded in 2018
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
http://planetscale.com/

H1B Sponsorship

PlanetScale has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$105M
Key Investors
Kleiner PerkinsInsight PartnersAndreessen Horowitz
2021-11-16Series C· $50M
2021-06-06Series B· $30M
2019-05-23Series A· $22M

Leadership Team

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Sam Lambert
Co-founder/CEO
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Jitendra Vaidya
Co-Founder & CSO
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