# Senior Software Engineer, Experience Platform
**Company:** [Pinecone](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pinecone)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $190K-$230K
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** React, AWS, GCP, Azure, Rust, Go, Java, APIs, SDKs, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-03-02
> 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.
## Job Description
## 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
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