PlanetScale
Software Engineer - Sharded Postgres (Neki)
San Francisco Bay Area or Remote
Sponsorship not specified$120k-$290kDetected 62 days ago
PythonGoC++Distributed SystemsAlgorithmsPostgreSQLMySQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsRecruitingProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- Vitess is an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enables businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads - without sacrificing developer experience.
- We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, pregnancy status, and veteran status.
Responsibilities
- 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 are passionate about building high-quality, scalable systems and take pride in writing clean, maintainable code.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale
Requirements
- You have strong experience with distributed systems, databases, and performance optimization.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend systems, database engines, query planners, etc.
- Strong proficiency in Go, with experience in other languages like Python or C++
- Experience with not just operating, but developing PostgreSQL, MySQL or other databases
- Experience with database internals, query optimization, or distributed consensus algorithms
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Skills
- PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space.
Compensation
- $120,000 - $290,000 USD
Company info
- You will work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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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