Developer Educator

Benefits

Parental leave

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Salary

$130K-$200K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

42% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Remote From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

0 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Bootstrapped From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Application

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Deadline

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About this role

Developer Educator San Francisco and/or US Remote PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. Our database platform offers developers the fastest and most reliable Postgres and Vitess+MySQL databases, enabling businesses to efficiently handle data and workloads of all scales. We also take DX seriously. Our platform enables developers with deep performance insights, AI integration, powerful cluster management, and schema migration tooling. Our customers trust us with what is often their most precious digital asset: their data. The stakes couldn't be higher. We're looking for a Developer Educator who is excited about bringing database education to new heights, creating unique and engaging content, helping customers, and building the PlanetScale engineering community at conferences, events, and online. The job - 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 - Your role may contain between 20-50% travel to connect with developers at events worldwide The ideal candidate - Teaches complex technical concepts in accessible ways - Loves learning about and explaining full-stack application development, databases, and compute infrastructure - Is a natural communicator who can adapt your message for different audiences - Thrives in community settings and enjoy building relationships with developers - Has excellent writing skills and can produce content that engineers actually want to read

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