More and more PlanetScale databases are created, connected and queried by AI agents. Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and a growing list of other tools now sit between developers and their infrastructure.
You will own that experience end to end. You'll make sure PlanetScale shows up everywhere developers build with AI, that our MCP server and CLI work flawlessly in every agent, and that we can measure how well it all works. Then you'll show the world how to do it well through demos, docs, blog posts, videos, and conferences.
This is a hands-on role combining engineering, content creation, and a strong public voice. You'll work closely with the teams that build our MCP server, CLI, API and docs.
The landscape of how developers work with AI changes fast. You'll have the opportunity to move quickly, experiment, and take the lead on the future of AI use with databases and infrastructure.
Make PlanetScale great with AI tools- Build and maintain the plugins for PlanetScale in every AI marketplace and directory: agent plugins, skill registries, MCP directories, IDE extension stores and AI app builders
- Own our integrations with AI coding tools, agent frameworks and platforms
- Stay current with AI tools as they launch and ensure our customers have a great experience from day one
- Test the PlanetScale MCP server and CLI across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code and other clients, and catch regressions before users do
- Find friction in creating a database, connecting, running migrations and debugging queries from inside an agent, then fix it or drive the fix with the owning team
- Improve the context agents rely on: tool descriptions, skills, llms.txt, docs written for agents, and error messages agents can act on
- Attention to AEO (answer engine optimization): make sure agents find and recommend PlanetScale
- Build and maintain skills for working with Postgres, MySQL, Vitess, Neki, and PlanetScale
- Build evals that run real agent tasks against PlanetScale databases
- Benchmark how agents perform with PlanetScale and work towards continuous improvement
- Track how often AI assistants and agents recommend PlanetScale for database questions, and whether what they say about us is accurate
- Instrument and report on agent usage: databases created by agents, time to first connection, MCP versus CLI usage, and where sessions fail
- Build demos and sample apps that show PlanetScale and AI tooling at their best
- Write docs, guides and blog posts on using databases effectively with AI, including safe access, branching and performance assessment
- Make videos and attend conferences to communicate with our audience how to build effectively with AI
- Daily use of AI coding agents, with strong opinions about what makes a tool work well with them
- Experience building an MCP server, plugin, CLI or SDK that real developers use
- Software engineering background in languages like TypeScript and Go, and comfort with APIs, OAuth and the command line
- Experience with writing docs, blogs, and / or video content creation
- Good at communicating with a broad audience and customers alike on socials
- Experience working with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, SQLite), schema design, migrations, connection handling, and Postgres or MySQL in production
- Data fluency: designing evals, writing the queries behind a dashboard, and telling a real trend from noise
- Clear communication of technical ideas in writing, on video and on stage
- Independence and speed: spotting a gap, shipping a fix, and telling people about it
- Genuine curiosity about the AI tooling landscape and a habit of keeping up with it
- Contributions to the MCP spec, SDKs or popular open-source MCP servers
- Experience writing agent skills, plugins or rules files for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex
- Experience with LLM eval tools and building benchmarks for agents
- Experience with AEO or GEO, or with tracking how LLMs surface and recommend a product
- A blog, YouTube channel or GitHub that developers already follow
- Experience with Vitess, database sharding, or running databases at scale
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 Software Engineer, you'll be at the core of building 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 TransparencyAn employee's total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + 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: $170,000 - $220,000
Skills Required
- Daily use of AI coding agents and strong opinions about developer experience
- Experience building an MCP server, plugin, CLI, or SDK used by developers
- Software engineering experience with languages such as TypeScript and Go
- Comfort working with APIs, OAuth, and command-line interfaces
- Experience writing documentation, blog posts, and/or creating video content
- Strong communication skills with broad audiences and customers, including social media communication
- Experience with relational databases including Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite
- Experience with schema design, migrations, connection handling, and production database systems
- Data fluency, including designing evaluations, writing dashboard queries, and distinguishing trends from noise
- Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly in writing, video, and presentations
- Independence, speed, and ability to identify gaps, ship fixes, and communicate outcomes
- Curiosity about the AI tooling landscape and habit of keeping current with new tools
- Contributions to the MCP specification, SDKs, or popular open-source MCP servers
- Experience writing agent skills, plugins, or rules files for Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex
- Experience with LLM evaluation tools and agent benchmarks
- Experience with AEO, GEO, or tracking how language models surface and recommend products
- Developer-followed blog, YouTube channel, or GitHub presence
- Experience with Vitess, database sharding, or operating databases at scale
What We Do
Our Postgres and Vitess databases deliver exceptional speed and reliability, with Vitess adding ultra scalability through horizontal sharding. Our blazing fast NVMe drives unlock unlimited IOPS, bringing data center performance to the cloud. We offer a range of deployment options to cover all of your security and compliance requirements — including bring your own cloud with PlanetScale Managed. PlanetScale powers Tier 0 databases at companies like Slack, block, Etsy, intercom, Cursor, MyFitnessPal, and Barstool Sports. Our Offerings Vitess allows MySQL databases to scale horizontally through explicit sharding — enabling a shared nothing architecture distributing data across thousands of nodes, all routed through a single database connection. PlanetScale Postgres starts at $5 per month and gives you a fully managed PostgreSQL cluster built for performance and reliability, offering first-class tooling without sacrificing developer experience. Available in AWS and GCP. High availability clusters deliver automatic failover across three availability zones. Neki is our next-generation Postgres sharding architecture inspired by everything we have learned building Vitess: a fresh design from first principles to bring massive scale and reliability to PostgreSQL workloads.
Why Work With Us
Our philosophy is to attract the best talent and to support them doing amazing things where they are the most comfortable and productive. We have a highly distributed, remote forward team with employees across the United States and the globe.
