Happy Money is hiring a Software Engineer - Insights to join our team building PlanetScale's customer-facing database observability product. We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale.
What You'll Do
- Instrument Vitess, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to emit performance data
- Design, implement, and maintain our data collection pipeline
- Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations that surface actionable database insights
- Develop APIs and integrations that expose insights data to customers
- Collaborate with other teams to define the next generation of database observability features
- Build tools for query analysis, performance profiling, and anomaly detection
- Own features end-to-end, from initial design through production deployment and monitoring
- Partner with customers and support teams to understand real-world observability challenges
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience building observability, monitoring, or telemetry products (APM, logs, metrics, traces, etc.)
- Experience with distributed systems and data pipelines
- Proficiency with time-series data and aggregation patterns
- Backend development experience (Go, Rust, Ruby, Python, or similar)
- Comfort working across the full stack and switching between different technical domains
- Ability to work in a self-directed environment
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of ClickHouse, Prometheus, or other time-series databases
- Familiarity with streaming data systems (Kafka)
- Background in database internals or query optimization
- Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Vitess
Technical Stack
- Databases: Vitess, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Prometheus
- Languages: Go, Rust, Ruby, Python
- Streaming: Kafka
Team & Environment
Our philosophy centers around building small teams of p99 individuals. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company and an environment where all people feel equally respected and valued.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary Range: $120,000 - $290,000 USD
Work Mode
This is a global position.
Happy Money is an equal opportunity employer.
