Community Engineer

PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. The PlanetScale platform offers both Postgres and Vitess databases. 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 a Community Engineer to build, nurture, and maintain a welcoming technical community around PlanetScale's database platform. In this role, you'll be the voice of our developer community, engaging directly with engineers building on PlanetScale, answering technical questions, and creating educational content that empowers developers to build better with MySQL, Vitess, and Postgres.

What's the job to be done?

Community Engagement

• Be present and active in our community spaces including Discord, Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other platforms where our users gather
• Answer technical questions about databases, MySQL/Vitess, Postgres, and PlanetScale products
• Participate in broader database and engineering communities where PlanetScale users are active
• Monitor conversations across platforms to identify trends, common questions, and opportunities for educational content

Content Creation

• Create educational developer content based on real conversations and questions you're seeing in the field
• Develop content in multiple formats: written tutorials and guides, video demonstrations, livestreams, conference talks, and meetup presentations
• Translate complex database concepts into accessible, practical content that serves developers of all skill levels
• Build beginner and intermediate-level code examples and demonstrations

Community Programs

• Identify and support community champions and power users
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to gather and deliver community feedback
• Represent PlanetScale at conferences, meetups, and community events (some travel required)

These attributes best describe you

• Warm, empathetic, and personable in all interactions. You genuinely enjoy helping developers succeed
• Engineering background with hands-on experience building applications and working with databases
• Comfortable creating content in multiple formats: writing, video, live presentations
• Patient and thoughtful when answering questions, even when they're repeated frequently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What else will help you be successful

• Active member of database or engineering communities
• You can share examples of your work: blog posts, videos, conference talks, demos, or community contributions
• Experience with Postgres and/or MySQL
• Previous developer relations, developer advocacy, or community management experience

Why PlanetScale

We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale—and we work with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS. As a Community Engineer, you'll be on the front lines, interacting with our community to help them effectively use the platform that powers world-class apps used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. PlanetScale is a profitable company with a philosophy centered around building small teams of p99 individuals and is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America.

At PlanetScale we believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive no matter the location. Our mission is to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company. We strive to build an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued, whether they are a candidate or an employee. We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, pregnancy status, and veteran status.

If you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!

Total Compensation and Pay Transparency

An employee's total compensation consists of base salary + 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.

Base salary range: $140,000 - $170,000 USD