# Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Search & Retrieval Infrastructure at Pinecone

- Company: Pinecone
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.pinecone.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: US Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $190K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pinecone/7ef089cb-a721-4ad8-a6d0-c390e64991d2
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pinecone-senior-staff-software-engineer-search-and-retrieval-infrastructure/

## About the role

Design and build scalable platform components leveraging advanced retrieval via query planning, semantic and hybrid search, metadata-aware search, and LLM generation Design and build optimized indexing pipelines for structured and unstructured data

Tags: R&D