SoftwareEngineer-PlanetScaleVitess

## Accountabilities Design and build core systems powering a large-scale database platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability under heavy query loads. Contribute to the development and evolution of distributed systems based on Vitess and related database infrastructure components. Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to solve complex distributed systems and database engineering challenges. Work independently with high autonomy to analyze technical and business problems and deliver robust engineering solutions. Engage with customers to understand real-world use cases and translate them into scalable, production-grade technical implementations. Maintain, debug, and optimize large and complex codebases, ensuring system stability and performance at scale. Requirements: 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with a strong focus on distributed systems or infrastructure engineering. Strong proficiency in Go, with additional experience in languages such as Python, Java, or C++. Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly MySQL, including performance tuning and query optimization concepts. Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized cloud-native environments. Proven ability to design, build, and operate distributed systems at scale in production environments. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across complex, multi-system architectures. Ability to work independently with minimal guidance while making sound technical decisions. Strong communication skills and experience collaborating in high-performance engineering teams. Nice-to-have: exposure to database internals, distributed consensus systems, observability tools, or contributions to open-source infrastructure projects. Benefits: Competitive compensation package including base salary and equity participation. Opportunity to work on globally scaled infrastructure powering high-traffic applications. Fully remote-friendly environment w