Senior Product Engineer, Pinecone Assistant NYC - Pinecone

at Pinecone, NYC

Pinecone is on a mission to build the search and database technology to power AI applications for the next decade and beyond. Our fully managed vector database makes it easy to add vector search to AI applications. Since creating the “vector database” category, demand has grown incredibly fast and it shows in our user base. We are a distributed team with clusters in New York, San Francisco, Tel-Aviv, and Manchester.

About the team and role:

Pinecone Assistant is a knowledge AI Agent that aims to provide grounded and accurate answers over complex multimodal data. Our customers use Assistant to build products like Real Estate Agents, e-commerce shopping Assistants, AI data analysts and many more.

Since the Beta launch in July, Pinecone Assistant is already serving over 3500 organizations and is growing. The team behind Assistant is a group of distinguished engineers and researchers with backgrounds in Machine Learning Engineering, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval and Large Language Models.

In this role, you will:

1. Assistant Playground Application - the gateway for developers and engineers to start building AI applications with Pinecone Assistant.
2. API design - help shape the future interaction APIs for knowledge retrieval, chat interface and agentic workflows.
3. SDK development - for the Assistant SDK and Evaluation toolkit.
4. Developer tooling - to help engineers better integrate Assistant into their AI applications.

Previous experience in AI is not required - we are looking for a passionate, driven engineer who cares about developer experience.

Requirements:

1. 3+ years of experience focused on full-stack web development.
2. Strong background in modern web frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js, Typescript).
3. Experience with back-end development (NodeJS, Rust, Python, or Go).
4. Experience designing, building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
5. Previous experience working on developer facing applications and tools.
6. Extreme passion for AI and Developer Experience, deep understanding of why DevEx is so important in the world of AI.

Benefits:

1. Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
2. 401(k) Plan
3. Equity award
4. Flexible time off
5. Paid parental leave
6. Annual Company Retreat
7. WFH Equipment Stipend

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are the cornerstone of everything we do at Pinecone. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in a job description. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications listed in this posting. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.