[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer, Experience Platform @Pinecone

Role Description

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.

• Pioneer our agent experience.
• Shape how AI agents interact with Pinecone — designing interfaces, protocols (MCP), and tooling that make Pinecone the easiest and most capable platform for agentic workflows to build on.
• Ship end-to-end experiences across API, SDK, CLI, and web.
• Build systems that multiply team output.
• Set the standard for AI-assisted development on the team.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to identify what users (and agents) actually need and build it at the right abstraction level, at the right time.
• Build observable, auditable systems with monitoring, alerting, and verification mechanisms.

Qualifications

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
• 401(k) Plan
• Equity award
• Flexible time off
• Paid parental leave
• Annual Company Retreat
• WFH Equipment Stipend