Engineering Director, Pinecone
Experience
$215-280k
+ Equity
Vector database
Open for applications
Vector database
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$215-280k
+ 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
- 5+ years building and managing technical teams
- Driven by customer impact and value creation
- Hands-on experience building highly scalable, data-intensive web applications
- Bias to action and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best
Desirable
- Experience in scaling diverse teams
- Proficiency in Rust, Go or Python; and familiarity with web servers and databases
- Strong background in modern web frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js, Typescript)
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager of the Experience team, you will be responsible for this critically important part of our product
- You will scale a team of front-end and full-stack engineers, oversee rapid prototyping, be a subject matter expert on front-end architecture, and own Pinecone’s UX (user console, metrics, dashboards, and API integrations) to solve impactful problems for our customers
- You will partner closely with our Product, Applied Science, and Backend teams to support search applications seamlessly, and will report directly to the CTO
- Lead the build of Pinecone’s UI/UX
- Recruit world-class talent, and make sure they have the conditions to do their best work
- Drive clarity to ship complex projects in high impact areas
- Develop a multi-year vision & strategy with incremental deliverables
- Establish high technical standards and processes
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
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 values
- Be a pro: Own your work, push boundaries, and strive for simplicity.
- Be yourself: Be authentic, speak your truth, seek feedback, and know you are accepted.
- Be a friend: Earn trust, extend help, listen intently, and commit to shared decisions.
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
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Leadership
Edo Liberty
(CEO)Previously worked at Yahoo and Amazon Web Services in Senior Research roles.
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