Compliance Program Manager

PlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. Our database platform offers developers the fastest and most reliable Postgres and Vitess/MySQL databases, enabling businesses to efficiently handle data and workloads of all sizes.

PlanetScale is backed with over $100M in venture financing from top-tier VCs including a16z, Kleiner Perkins, SignalFire, and Insight Venture Partners. And we serve some of the most innovative companies in the world such as Block, Anysphere (Cursor), MyFitnessPal, Etsy, Kick, and thousands more. Our customers entrust us with what is often their most precious digital asset, their data, so the stakes couldn’t be higher.

We’re look for a Program Manager to oversee the FedRAMP certification process, as well as ongoing management and evolution of our existing compliance commitments, including SOC 1, SOC 2, and PCI DSS compliance. PlanetScale’s security and compliance team is responsible for our corporate information security program, with a goal to reduce risk across our systems, and to establish trust in our product offerings, features, and cloud services. Our work is focused on both our internal employees and our external customers and partners.

About You

You are highly organized and able to operate in a startup environment, comfortable with ambiguous or changing situations. You thrive in an environment of cross-department collaboration and feel comfortable working without organizational silos or barriers. You have a passion to lead programs that directly impact and enable our organization to drive higher levels of success. You understand that security and compliance programs are revenue generators and directly influence our ability to sell to and maintain our most demanding customers.

You are comfortable challenging the status quo while staying laser-focused on the task at hand: keeping PlanetScale secure and earning trust with our customers.

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 Customer Support Engineer, you’ll be on the front lines helping developers and businesses solve real production problems, while also shaping the product, documentation, and support systems that make PlanetScale better for every customer.

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!

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: $175,000 - $200,000 USD