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Software Engineer - Internal Tools

PlanetScale· Engineering
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San Francisco, CA$120k - $160kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer to build internal tools for PlanetScale, automating incident response, on-call, support workflows, onboarding, and other internal processes. In-office role based in San Francisco, focusing on AI-enabled tools, dashboards, and automation integrations across engineering, support, and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Build AI-enabled tools and agents that automate manual work across engineering, support, and operations
  • Write bots and integrations for Slack, PagerDuty, and other systems
  • Build internal dashboards that give the team visibility into what's actually happening
  • Integrate LLM APIs and AI coding tools directly into the internal systems you build
  • Ship small, useful things fast. Iterate based on what people need
  • Work directly with senior engineers and leadership to find friction and fix it
  • Own your projects end to end: design, build, ship, support
  • Automate our incident response process
  • Build automations for customer support
  • Build internal dashboards that measure our service quality

Qualifications

  • 0-2 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent project or internship work
  • Solid fundamentals in at least one of TypeScript, Ruby, or Go
  • Comfortable building with AI coding tools and LLM APIs
  • Comfort writing scripts, small services, or automations that solve a real problem
  • Clear written communication
  • Already based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We do not relocate for this role.
  • In-office at our San Francisco headquarters most days. This is not remote.
  • Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship. We cannot sponsor visas.

Skills

Required:AI-enabled software developmentTypeScript / Ruby / GoAutomation / scriptingCommunicationIn-office collaboration
Nice to have:Slack / PagerDuty integrations

Benefits

  • Total compensation includes base salary + variable comp + benefits + equity
  • Base salary range: $120,000 - $160,000 USD
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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