PlanetScale

Software Engineer - Insights

San Francisco Bay Area or Remote

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$290kDetected 62 days ago

PythonGoRustRubyDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentPostgreSQLMySQLPrometheusKafkaData EngineeringRecruiting

About the role

Vitess, an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enables businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads - without sacrificing developer experience.
Insights helps developers understand their database performance and provides visibility into query patterns, performance metrics and database health across both Vitess/MySQL and PostgreSQL systems.

Design, implement and maintain our data collection pipeline
Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations that surface actionable database insights
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
Experience building observability, monitoring, or telemetry products (APM, logs, metrics, traces, etc.)
PlanetScale is seeking an engineer to join our Insights team to help build our customer facing database observability product.
You collaborate effectively with engineers in different domains.
We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale-and we work with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS.

5+ years of software engineering experience
Experience with distributed systems and data pipelines
Proficiency with time-series data and aggregation patterns
Backend development experience (Go, Rust, Ruby, Python, or similar)
Comfort working across the full stack and switching between different technical domains
Ability to work in a self-directed environment

Knowledge of ClickHouse, Prometheus, or other time-series databases
Familiarity with streaming data systems (Kafka)
Background in database internals or query optimization
Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL or Vitess
You're someone who deeply understands the challenges developers face when debugging database performance issues.
You've built observability tooling before and have strong opinions about what makes telemetry data useful versus overwhelming.
You enjoy wearing many hats and get energized by working on diverse problems across the stack.
You ship quickly and iterate based on feedback.

Develop APIs and integrations that expose insights data to customers
Partner with customers and support teams to understand real-world observability challenges
What We're Looking For

applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, pregnancy status, and veteran status

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