SoftwareEngineer-PlanetScalePostgres

## Description This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer - PlanetScale Postgres based in Netherlands. This role offers the opportunity to work at the core of a next-generation managed database platform powering mission-critical applications at global scale. You will help design and evolve the systems that provision, scale, and maintain highly available Postgres infrastructure across multiple cloud environments. The work focuses on solving deep technical challenges in distributed systems, database reliability, and performance engineering, with a strong emphasis on automation and resilience. You will collaborate closely with engineering peers and customers to translate real-world database workloads into robust platform improvements. Operating in a high-ownership environment, you will contribute to systems that ensure data durability, availability, and consistency under demanding production conditions. This is a hands-on engineering role for individuals who enjoy building foundational infrastructure that powers large-scale software products.   ## Accountabilities Design and build the control plane responsible for provisioning, scaling, and maintaining Postgres clusters with minimal downtime. Develop and improve high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection mechanisms for production database systems. Optimize Postgres performance to support large-scale, high-throughput workloads in distributed environments. Build automation, tooling, and workflows for database operations including backups, restores, migrations, and failover handling. Contribute to the design and operation of distributed, fault-tolerant systems ensuring reliability and scalability. Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production incidents, ensuring system stability and fast recovery. Collaborate with customers and internal teams to understand workload patterns and translate the