Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Instrument Vitess, MySQL and PostgreSQL to emit performance data
• Design, implement and maintain our data collection pipeline
• Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations that surface actionable database insights
• Develop APIs and integrations that expose insights data to customers
• Collaborate with other teams to define the next generation of database observability features
• Build tools for query analysis, performance profiling, and anomaly detection
• Own features end-to-end, from initial design through production deployment and monitoring
• Partner with customers and support teams to understand real-world observability challenges

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience building observability, monitoring, or telemetry products
• Experience with distributed systems and data pipelines
• Proficiency with time-series data and aggregation patterns
• Backend development experience in Go, Rust, Ruby, Python, or similar
• Ability to work in a self-directed environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of ClickHouse, Prometheus, or other time-series databases
• Familiarity with streaming data systems like Kafka
• Background in database internals or query optimization
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL or Vitess

About the Company

PlanetScale is reinventing the database space by offering Postgres and Vitess clusters, enabling businesses to handle large-scale data workloads efficiently without sacrificing developer experience.