PlanetScale
Posted 170 days agoVerified live 1d ago
Developer Educator
Brief overview
United StatesHybrid
$130k–$200k/yrStated range
2+ yrsMinimum
EngineeringSolution architectureTechnical educationDeveloper relationsRelational databases (Postgres or MySQL)Technical content creationPublic speaking at technical eventsVitess or distributed database technologiesDistributed systemsDatabase scaling
About the company
PlanetScaleplanetscale.com
A fully managed database platform for Vitess/MySQL & Postgres—NVMe-backed performance, horizontal sharding, & enterprise-grade reliability
Job description
Summary
PlanetScale is rapidly growing and reinventing the database space, offering developers reliable Postgres and Vitess+MySQL databases. They are seeking a Developer Educator to create engaging technical content and represent the company at events, helping to build the engineering community.
Responsibilities
- Create technical content to help customers and engineers at-large learn how Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, and the PlanetScale ecosystem works
- Speak at conferences and events, representing PlanetScale in the database and engineering community
- Create and refine product documentation
- Host livestreams and webinars to engage with and educate our community
Skills
- 2+ years of experience in engineering, solution architecture, technical education, or developer relations
- Strong understanding of relational databases (Postgres or MySQL)
- Proven ability to create technical content (samples of blog posts, tutorials, documentation, or speaking engagements)
- Experience speaking at conferences or hosting technical presentations and events
- Willingness to travel between 20-50% of the time
- Experience with Vitess or other distributed database technologies
- Knowledge of distributed systems and database scaling challenges
- Previous experience at a database or infrastructure company
Qualifications
Must Haves
- 2+ years of experience in engineering, solution architecture, technical education, or developer relations
- Strong understanding of relational databases (Postgres or MySQL)
- Proven ability to create technical content (samples of blog posts, tutorials, documentation, or speaking engagements)
- Experience speaking at conferences or hosting technical presentations and events
- Willingness to travel between 20-50% of the time
Nice to Haves
- Experience with Vitess or other distributed database technologies
- Knowledge of distributed systems and database scaling challenges
- Previous experience at a database or infrastructure company
Benefits
- Base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity
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