Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Experience
Core
Designing agent-driven product experiences, including APIs, SDKs, and web interfaces for AI agents to interact with Pinecone's vector database.
Role type
Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform/Experience)
Builds
Pinecone's API, clients, authentication, revenue, and observability systems for AI agents and developers.
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Vector Databases / Developer Experience
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend architecture, API design, SDK development, web interface development (React), cloud provider expertise (AWS/GCP/Azure), AI-assisted development workflows, system observability
Preferred skills
MCP server design, agentic frameworks, compiled languages (Rust/Go/Java), large-scale open-source projects, database/query engine SDKs
Technologies
React, AWS, GCP, Azure, Claude Code, Cursor, MCP
Responsibilities
Design interfaces and protocols for AI agent interactions, ship end-to-end experiences across API/SDK/CLI/web, build high-leverage platform capabilities, establish AI-assisted development patterns, collaborate on user needs identification, build observable and auditable systems
Seniority
Senior/Staff, high autonomy IC
