Enterprise Support Engineer
PlanetScale
About this role
A Software Engineer at PlanetScale joins the core engineering team to help build the next generation of database infrastructure powering Postgres and Vitess clusters. The role contributes to a high-growth, profitable platform used by large-scale applications and enterprise customers. The company emphasizes small teams, engineering excellence, and a mission to scale data infrastructure for modern apps.
Skills
About PlanetScale
planetscale.comPlanetScale is a managed cloud database platform providing high-performance hosting for Vitess and Postgres. Built on NVMe storage and Vitess-based horizontal sharding, it delivers extreme speed, effectively unlimited IOPS, and seamless scalability for mission-critical (Tier 0) workloads. PlanetScale offers flexible deployment and compliance options — including bring-your-own-cloud and PlanetScale Managed — plus developer-friendly tools and APIs. Companies like Cash App and Etsy use PlanetScale to run production databases.
Recent company news
TechCrunchPlanetScale raises $30M Series B for its database service
Jun 23, 2021
The Cloudflare BlogPartnering to make full-stack fast: deploy PlanetScale databases directly from Workers
Sep 25, 2025
Business WirePlanetScale Accelerates Delivery of The Future Database
May 24, 2022
SiliconANGLEPlanetScale debuts fully managed database service for Kubernetes clusters
Jun 16, 2020
Business InsiderPlanetScale Has Poached 10 GitHub Employees Since May
Jan 14, 2021
About PlanetScale
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
Unlock Company Insights
View leadership team, funding history,
and employee contacts for PlanetScale.
Salary
$120k – $200k
per year