Pinecone · 3 days ago
Staff Developer Advocate
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expPinecone is the leading vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production. They are seeking a Staff Developer Advocate to build and manage the Pinecone community, focusing on technical communication and engagement in the SF/Bay Area.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DatabaseGenerative AISemantic SearchVertical Search
Responsibilities
Lead and grow Pinecone’s Discord: drive engagement, improve onboarding, set norms, and keep the space high-signal
Run recurring office hours that consistently help developers unblock, learn best practices, and ship
Support and scale community programs that create real builder outcomes (templates, challenge weeks, help channels, expert AMAs)
Own Pinecone’s SF-area community presence: local meetups, hackathons, and larger Bay Area events
Develop event programming (themes, speaker selection, talks/workshops), run promotion and attendance growth, and ensure each event produces reusable assets and follow-on engagement
Create and maintain hands-on technical assets (sample apps, demos, code walkthroughs) aligned to Pinecone’s core developer use cases:
Publish content across Pinecone channels and external platforms, grounded in what the community is actually trying to build
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in a technical role such as software engineering, solution engineering, or machine learning
Proficient in 2+ programming languages
Owned and grown a technical developer community
Ran in person developer events end to end
Shipped demos and sample code and taught them clearly
Strong writing and live speaking and Q&A
Fluent in LLM apps and RAG and strong API instincts
SF based preferred with up to 20% travel
Benefits
Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
401(k) Plan
Equity award
Flexible time off
Paid parental leave
Annual Company Retreat
WFH Equipment Stipend
Company
Pinecone
Pinecone develops a vector database that makes it easy to connect company data with generative AI models.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Pinecone has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (4)
2023 (5)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$138MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo VenturesWing Venture Capital
2023-11-01Secondary Market
2023-04-26Series B· $100M
2022-03-29Series A· $28M
Leadership Team
Ash Ashutosh
CEO
Edo Liberty
Chief Scientist
Recent News
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