Staff/Principal Software Engineer, Pinecone
Full Text Search
$210-300k
• Offers Equity
Vector database
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Vector database
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$210-300k
• Offers Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the search and database technology to power AI/ML applications for the next decade and beyond.
Role
Who you are
- Significant hands-on experience with full-text search and indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene and/or Solr
- 7+ years of experience with Java, Rust, Go or C++
- 7+ years of developing, monitoring and operating large scale distributed systems
- BS in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent experience
- 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
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff or Principal-level Software Engineer to join the Pinecone Engineering Team
- This role focuses on full-text search and its tight integration with vector search at scale
- In this role, you will build the next generation of our search capabilities at Pinecone
- You will provide guidance and direction for Pinecone’s core search infrastructure including indexing, retrieval, and relevance
- This role requires cross-team collaboration and expertise in search internals and high performance computing
- You will define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core full-text search and indexing capabilities
- You’ll research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to ensure we’re building the most efficient and powerful foundations for our users
- You’ll work closely with our partners and product team to understand customer needs and help shape the long-term technical vision for search at Pinecone
- You’ll leverage your past experience building large-scale search systems to drive an innovative roadmap for Pinecone’s indexing, query execution, and relevance layers
Our take
Vector databases arrived on the scene only a few years ago, but the technology has already helped power a new breed of search engines that are based on neural networks as opposed to keywords. Vector databases quickly became popular in the world of machine learning and AI and they will continue to play a significant role in the future development of AI technologies.
Pinecone is a vector database company that specializes in providing an efficient and scalable solution for high-performance vector search applications. The platform is designed to allow businesses and developers to build, deploy, and manage machine learning applications without the hassle of infrastructures.
Pinecone is providing customers around the globe with capabilities that have, up until recently, only been utilized by tech giants. Due to the increasing demand for efficient and scalable vector database solutions, Pinecone's 2024 "breakthrough" release is set for a promising future. It claims its release will lead to 50x cost reductions for companies, that will be able to bring state-of-the-art AI to the market at a faster rate. With the company creating a buzz for itself in 2023 off the back of significant funding and with various high profile partnerships (Robust Intelligence and Gathr) announced the following year, here's to hoping it can fulfil the expectations placed upon it.
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Insights
96% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2023
$100m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$28m
SERIES A
Total funding: $138m
Company benefits
- Company stock options
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, dental & vision plans
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health resources
- Commuter benefits
- FSA & HSA
- Flexible work hours
- Hybrid in-office/remote
- Annual team retreat
- WFH Equipment Stipend
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Edo Liberty
(CEO)Previously worked at Yahoo and Amazon Web Services in Senior Research roles.
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