PlanetScale
The Database for Developers
Solutions Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
135 days ago
Salary
$160K - $250K / year
5 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJava ScriptMy SQLPostgresPythonGo
Job Description
• Partner with Sales and Customer Engineering throughout the pre-sales and post-sales journey as the technical expert helping customers solve their most challenging database problems.
• Lead technical discovery to match customers’ business and technical objectives with PlanetScale’s offerings.
• Design and execute proof of value timelines that deliver on agreed upon business outcomes and success criteria.
• Design database migration strategies and work hands-on with customers to execute migrations to PlanetScale's PostgreSQL and Vitess platforms.
• Assess workloads, analyze performance requirements, and recommend architecture, sizing, and optimization strategies.
• Build tools, scripts, and automation that accelerate migrations and improve customer onboarding.
• Create educational content including documentation, guides, blog posts, workshops, and videos.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to advocate for customer needs and shape the platform.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL in production, including operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- OR 5+ years of experience supporting customers with MySQL or PostgreSQL workloads where you advised on operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Experience working with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI).
- Proven success in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager.
- Strong understanding of database migration strategies and tooling.
- Experience evaluating database solutions including architecture reviews, capacity planning, and performance analysis.
- Ability to write scripts and tools in Python, Go, or JavaScript.
- Experience creating technical content such as documentation, tutorials, or blog posts.
Benefits
- An employee's total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity.
- A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any further questions when we engage with you to begin the interview process.
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