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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Database Team

Pinecone · New York City · Remote

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About Pinecone

Pinecone is the trusted AI knowledge company. Its AI knowledge platform—Database, Nexus, and Marketplace—powers accurate, fast, cost-effective AI for 10,000+ customers and 1M developers worldwide. Backed by a16z, ICONIQ and Menlo.

About the role

Collaborate with teammates to design and build database features that power AI applications. Learn how to tune performance and support reliability in distributed systems (don’t worry, we’ll guide you).

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of work experience - programming in Rust, Go, C++, or a comparable language
  • You’re genuinely curious about distributed systems and eager to dive deep into technical challenges
  • You approach problems with creativity and persistence, and you’re comfortable asking thoughtful questions or seeking feedback
  • You’re excited to learn, value constructive feedback, and appreciate mentorship
More about this role

About Pinecone

Pinecone is the trusted AI knowledge company. Its trusted AI knowledge platform—including its Database, Nexus, and Marketplace products—power accurate, fast, and cost-effective AI applications for more than 10,000 customers and 1M developers worldwide. Pinecone's mission is to make AI knowledgeable. For more information, visit pinecone.io .

Join a team that builds robust, real-time distributed systems for a cutting-edge database. We care about performance, reliability, scalability, and most of all learning and having fun together. Whether you’re a seasoned coder or just getting started, if you’re passionate about technology and eager to learn, you’ll fit right in.

We show up to work, ready to collaborate and build technologies that make a difference, with people who genuinely care.

We chase improvements such as tail latencies, bytes throughput, cache hit rate, and operational cost efficiency.

We believe learning is ongoing and that even the most complex problems can have simple solutions.

Collaborate with teammates to design and build database features that power AI applications.

Learn how to tune performance and support reliability in distributed systems (don’t...

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