Software Engineer - PlanetScale Vitess

Accountabilities:

• Design and build core systems powering a large-scale database platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability under heavy query loads.


• Contribute to the development and evolution of distributed systems based on Vitess and related database infrastructure components.


• Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to solve complex distributed systems and database engineering challenges.


• Work independently with high autonomy to analyze technical and business problems and deliver robust engineering solutions.


• Engage with customers to understand real-world use cases and translate them into scalable, production-grade technical implementations.


• Maintain, debug, and optimize large and complex codebases, ensuring system stability and performance at scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with a strong focus on distributed systems or infrastructure engineering.


• Strong proficiency in Go, with additional experience in languages such as Python, Java, or C++.


• Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly MySQL, including performance tuning and query optimization concepts.


• Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized cloud-native environments.


• Proven ability to design, build, and operate distributed systems at scale in production environments.


• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across complex, multi-system architectures.


• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance while making sound technical decisions.


• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating in high-performance engineering teams.


• Nice-to-have: exposure to database internals, distributed consensus systems, observability tools, or contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.

• Competitive compensation package including base salary and equity participation.


• Opportunity to work on globally scaled infrastructure powering high-traffic applications.


• Fully remote-friendly environment with flexibility in work location.


• High ownership role within a small, elite engineering team focused on technical excellence.


• Exposure to cutting-edge distributed systems and database technologies (including Vitess).


• Inclusive, engineering-driven culture emphasizing autonomy, learning, and impact.


• Opportunity to collaborate with and learn from world-class infrastructure engineers.

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