Software Engineer - Sharded Postgres (Neki)

We're growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. Our platform offers both PostgresQL and Vitess clusters. Vitess is an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enabling businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads without sacrificing developer experience. We're bringing the same scaling power to PostgreSQL with Neki, our sharded PostgreSQL product.

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our core engineering team and help us build the next generation of database infrastructure. Our customers entrust us with what is often their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn't be higher.

Responsibilities

• Work on building the best solution for sharded Postgres, a project we're calling Neki
• 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
• Collaborate with a team of expert engineers to solve complex distributed systems challenges
• Work independently to solve engineering and business problems with little direction and high autonomy
• Work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into robust technical solutions

Requirements

• 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 building and operating distributed systems at scale

Nice to Have

• Experience with database internals, query optimization, or distributed consensus algorithms
• Contributions to open-source projects, especially in the database or infrastructure space
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of monitoring, observability, and debugging tools
• Previous experience at a high-growth technology company