PlanetScale
Solutions Engineer
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
Europe
Employer listed it 8 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 8 weeks ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$160k to $250k per year
Location
Europe
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Sales
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Europe.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote - EMEA, Remote - NA, Remote - EMEA, Remote - NA"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Applications outside the listed area are usually rejected
- Timezone overlap with the listed area is often expected
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About the role
PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the transactional database market. The PlanetScale platform offers both Postgres and Vitess clusters. Vitess, an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enables businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads — without sacrificing developer experience.
PlanetScale is backed with over $100M in venture financing from top-tier VCs including a16z, Kleiner Perkins, SignalFire, and Insight Venture Partners. And we serve some of the most innovative companies in the world such as Block, Anysphere (Cursor), MyFitnessPal, Etsy, Kick, and thousands more. Our customers entrust us with what is often their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn't be higher. We're looking for early members of our Sales team that can form deep partnerships with our prospects and customers to help them adopt and succeed on the next generation of database infrastructure.
What's the job to be done?
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.
These attributes best describe you…
You have deep expertise in database systems including replication, high availability, sharding, performance tuning, and migration strategies.
You're equally comfortable presenting architecture designs to executives and writing scripts to automate migration tasks.
You thrive in customer-facing situations and translate technical concepts into business value for diverse audiences.
You're self-motivated and can manage multiple engagements simultaneously with minimal oversight.
You enjoy creating content and sharing knowledge through various formats.
You're comfortable with occasional travel (less than 20%).
What you will need
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
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at PlanetScale, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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