Senior Software Engineer, Experience Platform
Senior engineer on the Experience Platform team redesigning Pinecone's API, SDKs, and web interfaces for AI agents. Requires 4+ years experience, AI coding tools proficiency, API/SDK design, React, and cloud providers.
About the job
About the Team and Role
The Experience Platform team owns Pinecone's API, clients, authentication, revenue, and observability systems, redesigning them for AI agents as first-class users. This wide-scope role involves end-to-end ownership from backend architecture to API design, SDKs, and web surfaces, building high-leverage platform capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Pioneer our agent experience. Shape AI agent interactions with Pinecone via interfaces, protocols (MCP), and tooling.
- Ship end-to-end experiences across API, SDK, CLI, and web.
- Build systems that multiply team output with AI-powered workflows and automated quality gates.
- Set the standard for AI-assisted development using tools like Claude Code or Cursor.
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams.
- Build observable, auditable systems with monitoring and alerting.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of software engineering experience
- Bias toward automation and leverage
- Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)
- 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 APIs easy for humans and agents
Bonus points for:
- Experience with MCP servers or agent APIs
- Familiarity with agentic frameworks
- Strong familiarity with Rust, Go, or Java
- Experience with large-scale open-source projects
- Experience developing database or query engine SDKs
Perks & Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage
- 401(k) Plan
- Equity award
- Flexible time off
- Paid parental leave
- Annual Company Retreat
- WFH Equipment Stipend
Skills
React, AWS, GCP, Azure, Rust, Go, Java, APIs, SDKs, Kubernetes
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