Video Editor

PlanetScale is hiring a Video Editor for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $150k-$200k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on PlanetScale.

Level's read on this job

Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions Cursor, Premiere Pro and After Effects among its tools and skills.
PlanetScale has 10 other open roles on Level.
Posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

Edit videos and social content while leveraging AI tools for automation, transcription, and workflow enhancement.

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We're looking for a Video Editor who will help shape how videos get made at PlanetScale. You'll work with our team to edit and animate YouTube videos, social shorts, conference highlights, case studies, and launch films, with free rein to use any tool that makes them better, including ones that didn't exist six months ago.

AI is reshaping the video editing space in similar ways to how it is transforming software broadly. We're looking for someone who embraces this new world of creating, combining this with your own personal craft to make excellent video content. We give you the room, the tools, and the time to both create and experiment.

What we're looking for

A portfolio that shows strong editing across formats. YouTube, short form edits, podcasts, etc.
A sharp sense of pacing, structure, and story: you know what to keep, what to cut, and how to time things to maintain an engaged audience.
Equal comfort with editing, animation, and design: you can shape a story, incorporate interesting visuals, and set clean, expressive type that reads well on any screen.
Fluency in professional editing tools such as Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro.
Experience using AI tools to create animations, assist with editing, and the curiosity to push the limits of how these can be used in a video creation workflow.
Ability to create custom scripts and leverage AI to automate parts of your pipeline, such as transcription, thumbnail ideation, and generating rough edits of large amounts of footage.
Work closely with our team to help shape ideas before the edit starts, and iterate on feedback quickly.

What you'll edit

YouTube videos, from explainers to interviews, paced to hold attention start to finish.
Shorts and vertical clips for social platforms.
Conference talks, full-talks from our events and clips to share on socials.
Launch videos, where timing, polish, and pacing carry the announcement.
Thumbnails, title cards, typography, and motion graphics that go with all of the above.

How you'll work

A combination of strong individual editing skills combined with an excitement for how AI can improve the speed and quality at which we create.
In close collaboration with the Marketing team at PlanetScale.
You'll have time and budget to try new tools.

Bonus points

Background in Software Development, or working with Engineering companies
Experience editing tech / developer content
A channel or account you've grown yourself
Experience with code-driven video tools like Remotion
A knack for creating engaging thumbnails and titles
Sound design and audio mixing skills
Experience shooting or directing your own footage
Livestream or live event production experience

Why PlanetScale

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.

Base salary range: $150,000 - $200,000

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.

How we rate this

Video Editor at PlanetScale rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Video Editor is an open job at PlanetScale.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The listed salary is $150k-$200k a year.
The role is based in Remote US and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 19, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by PlanetScale. Apply on PlanetScale

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Video EditingAnimationMotion GraphicsContent CreationCursorPremiere ProAfter EffectsDavinci Resolve

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where video editing was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where animation was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where motion graphics was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where content creation was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Cursor in your day-to-day work.

Adapt your resume

List these exact terms on your resume: Video Editing, Animation, Motion Graphics, Content Creation, and Cursor. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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