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Software Engineer - PlanetScale Postgres

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Software Engineer - PlanetScale Postgres

Compensation

USD 120000 - 290000

Base range: $120,000 - $290,000 USD.

Salary period
yearly
Location basis
Base range

Tech stack

Ruby remote Zig Postgres Postgres connection pooling Kubernetes Python Azure Rust GCP Go AWS geographically distributed teams Postgres proxy layers Working Infrastructure as Code High-growth technology company experience Open-source projects in Postgres or database infrastructure

Required

PostgreSQLGoKubernetes

Nice to have

RubyPythonZigRustPostgres connection poolingPostgres proxy layersAWSGCPAzureInfrastructure as codeOpen-source projects in Postgres or database infrastructureWorking with remote, geographically distributed teamsHigh-growth technology company experience

Location

Remote

Work setup

Employment
full-time
Level
Senior
Remote policy
Remote (AMER, LATAM & EMEA)
Remote scope
timezone-limited
Timezones
AMER, LATAM, EMEA
Authorization
unclear

Role details

Responsibilities

  • Come build the best Postgres product on the planet
  • Work with a team of super talented folks with very high autonomy
  • Build tier-zero databases for some of the biggest and fastest growing data sets
  • Design and build the control plane that provisions, scales, and heals Postgres clusters with minimal customer-visible downtime
  • Build and maintain high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection solutions that keep customer databases safe through infrastructure failures
  • Tune Postgres to operate at scale for some of the largest and most demanding workloads in the world
  • Build tooling and automation for database operations, backup, restore, and migration workflows - and participate in an on-call rotation
  • Work directly with customers to understand their workloads and translate real-world needs into platform improvements

Requirements

  • Tell me why Postgres extensions are both great and terrible
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production
  • Strong proficiency in Go, with experience in other languages like Ruby, Python, Zig or Rust
  • Experience building and maintaining distributed, fault-tolerant services
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications
  • Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale

Application

Apply at https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetscale/jobs/4251150009. Feel free to contact the hiring manager on LinkedIn or Bluesky if you'd like to talk more about the role. Tell why Postgres extensions are both great and terrible.

Portfolio
not required
GitHub
not required
Cover letter
not required
Apply flow
ats

Company context

Product
Postgres product
Stage
startup

Description

I'm the hiring manager for this position. Come build the best Postgres product on the planet with super talented folks, very high autonomy, tier-zero databases for some of the biggest and fastest growing data sets. Apply at https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetscale/jobs/4251150009. Feel free to contact me on LinkedIn or Bluesky if you'd like to talk more about the role. Tell me why Postgres extensions are both great and terrible.

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