About PlanetScale
PlanetScale is a fully managed database platform for VITESS/MYSQL and POSTGRES, delivering NVMe-backed performance, massive scale through horizontal sharding, and enterprise-grade reliability.
Our serverless database platform is built on the tested scalability of VITESS. With predictable scale, workflow velocity, and the ability to deploy features without downtime, we empower development teams to do more with their time.
PlanetScale created VITESS, a MYSQL sharding solution powering products such as YouTube, Slack, Square, and many more. PlanetScale’s expertise helps such businesses scale their new and existing infrastructure faster.
Open positions (11)
Software Engineer - PlanetScale Postgres
Enterprise Support Engineer
Sales Development Representative
Field Marketing Manager
Customer Support Engineer
Video Editor
Senior Product and Commercial Counsel
AI Developer Experience Engineer
Customer Support Engineer
Brand Designer
Software Engineer - Internal Tools
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$105M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
Sugu Sougoumarane
Co-creator and maintainer of Vitess, with deep expertise in large-scale MySQL database infrastructure developed during his time at YouTube.
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Jiten Vaidya
Co-creator and maintainer of Vitess, the open-source MySQL sharding system originally built at YouTube. Previously a software engineer at Dropbox.
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Sam Lambert
Appointed CEO of PlanetScale; previously VP of Engineering at GitHub and held leadership roles at Facebook. Leads company growth, product vision, and engineering.
LinkedInWhat happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.