Software Engineer - Surfaces

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Salary

$120K-$290K 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

76% 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

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0 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Company

Company stage

Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Software Engineer - Surfaces San Francisco Bay Area or Remote PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. 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. 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 Software Engineer to join our Surfaces team. The Surfaces team is responsible for all user-facing UIs, CLIs and APIs. We build and maintain the PlanetScale dashboard, APIs and billing systems every PlanetScale user relies on to launch and manage their databases. What's the job to be done? You will work on app.planetscale.com , the central control plane for every PlanetScale database, responsible for the creation and management of some of the worlds most important Vitess and Postgres databases. You will get to work across languages. Our CLI is written in Go, the dashboard is React + TypeScript, and the backend API is Ruby on Rails. You will get the opportunity to learn and deeply understand Vitess and Postgres. Working with our design team, you will apply your skills and taste to solve database DX challenges. Building truly the best database for developers. You will build, document, and publish RESTful APIs used by both end users and our user-facing dashboard. You will work on internal admin tools (chatbots, admin panels) to assist our engineers

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