Software Engineer - Neki Orchestration

PlanetScale seeks a Software Engineer to design and build the control plane for Neki, its sharded PostgreSQL product. The role involves creating tools for provisioning, scaling, and healing clusters while ensuring high availability and disaster recovery. Candidates must have at least five years of experience in large-scale systems, strong Go skills, and knowledge of Kubernetes. The position requires participating in on-call rotations and collaborating with customers to improve platform capabilities. This remote or San Francisco Bay Area role offers a base salary between $120,000 and $290,000 USD.

Key details

• Role focuses on designing the control plane for Neki, a sharded PostgreSQL product.
• Responsibilities include building high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection solutions.
• Candidates need five or more years of experience with large-scale systems and strong Go proficiency.
• Work location is flexible, supporting remote work or the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Base salary range is listed between $120,000 and $290,000 USD.