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Pinecone is the leading vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production. Pinecone's mission is to make AI knowledgeable. More than 9000 customers across various industries have shipped AI applications faster and more confidently with Pinecone's developer-friendly technology. Pinecone is based in New York and raised $138M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ, Menlo Ventures, and Wing Venture Capital.
The Experience Platform team is at the center of one of the most exciting transitions in software development history — the shift from human-driven to agent-driven product experiences. We own Pinecone's API, clients, authentication, revenue, and observability systems, and right now that means redesigning all of it for a world where AI agents are first-class users alongside humans.
This is a wide-scope role. You'll own things end-to-end — from backend architecture to API design to SDK and web surfaces. You’ll be working closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to identify user needs and build the right thing, at the right abstraction level, at the right time. Along the way, you will be building high-leverage platform capabilities that accelerate Pinecone’s product development and user growth systems.
We're looking for an engineer who sees this moment for what it is: a rare opportunity to shape how developers and agents interact with a category-defining product. You're not waiting to see how the industry figures out MCP, agentic workflows, and AI-native interfaces — you're already experimenting, already forming opinions, already building. You know that speed and leverage matter more than labor, and you've internalized AI-assisted development not as a productivity trick but as a fundamentally different way of working.
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At least 4 years of software engineering experience
A bias toward automation and leverage — you reach for systems and tooling before you reach for elbow grease
Hands-on experience shipping with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) as a genuine part of your workflow
Proven ability to design and deliver versioned APIs, SDKs, or client libraries
Proficiency building web interfaces with React or similar
Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Strong intuition for what makes APIs easy for both humans and agents to use correctly
Experience building or consuming MCP servers, or designing APIs explicitly for agent use cases
Familiarity with agentic frameworks and the emerging patterns around tool use, orchestration, and agent-to-agent communication
Strong familiarity with a compiled language like Rust, Go, or Java
Experience with large-scale open-source projects
Experience developing database or query engine SDKs
Pinecone is a private software company providing a managed vector database for developers building production AI applications.
Visit company websiteUSD 190000-230000 yearly / year
Full-time
Senior · 4+ years experience
Remote
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