Developer Experience roles

# Developer Educator
Remote, US

PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. The PlanetScale platform offers both Postgres and Vitess databases. Vitess, an open-source database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, enables businesses to efficiently handle large-scale data workloads — without sacrificing developer experience.

Our customers entrust us with what is often their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn't be higher. We're looking for a Developer Educator to join our team - someone excited about creating engaging technical content in the database space.

## What's the job to be done?

- You will create technical written content about Postgres and Vitess that is both educational and fun to read
- You will speak at conferences and events, representing PlanetScale in the database and engineering community
- You will assist with technical product documentation
- You will host livestreams and webinars to engage with and educate our community
- You will interact with the database community both virtually and in person
- Your role may contain up to 20% travel to connect with developers at events worldwide

## These attributes best describe you…

- You are passionate about teaching complex technical concepts in accessible ways
- You have technical knowledge of databases and distributed systems OR are willing and eager to learn
- You are a natural communicator who can adapt your message for different audiences
- You thrive in community settings and enjoy building relationships with developers
- You have excellent writing skills and can produce content that developers actually want to read
- You are self-motivated and can manage multiple content projects independently

## What you will need

- 3+ years of experience in engineering, technical education, or developer relations
- Beginner/intermediate understanding of relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
- Proven ability to create technical content (samples of blog posts, tutorials, documentation, or speaking engagements)
- Experience speaking at conferences or hosting technical presentations
- Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time

## What else will help you be successful

- Experience with Vitess or other distributed database technologies
- Knowledge of distributed systems and database scaling challenges
- Previous experience at a database or infrastructure company

## 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 Developer Educator, you'll be at the core of educating our customers to effectively use 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 Transparency

An 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: $150,000 - $190,000 USD

# Staff Developer Educator – YouTube

## About this job

As a Developer Educator, you’ll serve developers by inspiring and equipping them to build with LaunchDarkly through high-quality technical videos. The person in this role will own the vision, strategy, metrics, and execution behind our developer video content. Success requires shipping technical videos and owning the results of that content across platforms.

This role will also work across the company to enable others to produce high-quality videos in both short and long formats. Success here creates significant opportunity to build and scale a team of contractors and individual contributors as a team leader and manager.

## Responsibilities

- Own and drive the vision, strategy, metrics, and execution for developer video content. Our current Developer Relations team has hustled to produce some initial short video content, but we’re investing in long-form content as well. This role defines how LaunchDarkly serves developers through video. Our goal: get developers to the “aha!” moment quickly, then equip them to adopt increasingly advanced features of our platform.
- Write code that enables developers to succeed with LaunchDarkly. This code will be featured in videos and reused by others on the Developer Relations team for blog posts, talks, and other content.
- Work closely with Product teams to ensure developer videos showcase our products and that features provide a smooth developer experience.
- Mentor others on the Developer Relations and Developer Experience teams. We have strong raw talent that, with guidance, can grow into senior leaders—technically and in service of colleagues and customers.
- Decide how to scale video efforts. As initial successes stack up, expand output by managing contractors and individual contributors to create more high-quality video content.

## Qualifications

- Deep expertise in at least one programming language such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, or PHP.
- A track record of publicly available, high-quality technical videos you’ve created. This is most often demonstrated through an existing YouTube channel or similar portfolio.
- Firsthand knowledge of software development. Bonus: additional expertise in machine learning, AI, and/or DevOps.
- Self-starter attitude, empathetic, and motivated to serve developers while leveling up colleagues.

## Pay

Target pay ranges (Geographic Zones*) for Level P5:

- **Zone 1:** San Francisco Bay Area or New York City Metro (if not Bay Area–specific role): $195,000 – $251,900**
- **Zone 2:** Boston, DC, Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle: $175,000 – $225,500**
- **Zone 3:** All other US locations: $165,000 – $214,500**

LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we share pay ranges to align with your needs. Exact compensation varies based on skills, experience, and location.

Additional benefits include RSUs, health/vision/dental insurance, and mental health coverage.

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## About LaunchDarkly

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for thriving digital businesses, but reality has proven otherwise. Slow development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences prevent developers from building their best software.

The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster—while protecting them with a “safety valve” to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize business impact. By gradually rolling out new application components, they avoid nightmare “big bang” technology migrations.

The platform guides engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:
- Improving release velocity and stability, without risking outages
- Delivering targeted experiences via personalized features for customer cohorts
- Maximizing business impact through experimentation and optimization
- Coordinating releases across platforms for consistent customer experiences
- Boosting engineering effectiveness with insights into cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We’re building a group that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful, and kind. We’re an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

Applicants are welcome to review our written Affirmative Action Plan by contacting People Ops at **hr@launchdarkly.com**.