Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Database Team

Pinecone
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 270,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Mentorship"]

Senior/Staff Software Engineer on Pinecone's Database Team building real-time, distributed database features for AI applications. You’ll focus on performance tuning, reliability, and scalability, with ownership of your work and collaboration across cloud deployments (AWS/GCP/Azure), while growing your skills and having fun along the way.

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Pinecone
Pinecone
8 months ago

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Database Team

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Job Summary

Senior/Staff Software Engineer on Pinecone's Database Team building real-time, distributed database features for AI applications. You’ll focus on performance tuning, reliability, and scalability, with ownership of your work and collaboration across cloud deployments (AWS/GCP/Azure), while growing your skills and having fun along the way.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with teammates to design and build database features that power AI applications.
  • •Learn how to tune performance and support reliability in distributed systems.
  • •Help Pinecone run smoothly on popular cloud providers.
  • •Take ownership of your work and grow your skills every day.
  • •Have fun.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 270,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityRemote WorkLearning BudgetDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of work experience - programming in Rust, Go, C++, or a comparable language.
  • •Genuine curiosity about distributed systems and eagerness to dive deep into technical challenges.
  • •Creative and persistent problem solver who is comfortable asking thoughtful questions or seeking feedback.
  • •Willingness to learn, value constructive feedback, and appreciate mentorship.
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systems
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingMentorship
Tech Stack:RustGoC++Distributed systemsAWSGCPAzureDatabasePerformanceCloud

Company Brief

Pinecone
Pinecone provides a purpose-built vector database that enables scalable, high-performance similarity search and retrieval for AI applications, acting as long-term memory for LLMs and powering production search, RAG, and recommendation systems.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: USD 500M to 1B
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2019
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