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Pinecone

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Search & Retrieval Infrastructure

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11 days ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelSenior / Staff+
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Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable platform components for advanced retrieval.
  • Create optimized indexing pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
  • Develop backend services for semantic and hybrid retrieval.
  • Enhance retrieval quality through evaluation and observability frameworks.
  • Design APIs for internal and external users.
  • Optimize latency, throughput, and cost for large-scale workloads.
  • Drive technical direction for reliability and security.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in shipping production-grade backends for large-scale systems.
  • Proven ability to design for high throughput, low latency, and maintainability.
  • Experience with high-throughput indexing pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
  • Knowledge of semantic search, vector databases, and hybrid retrieval strategies.
  • Proficiency in at least one major programming language like Go, Rust, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools like Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.

Tech Stack

C++GoJavaKubernetesPythonRustTerraform

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering