Senior Platform Engineer

About Pinecone

Pinecone is pioneering search and database technology to power AI/ML applications for the next decade and beyond. We provide customers with capabilities that until now have only been in the hands of a few tech giants. Our R&D team includes founders of multiple startups and world-class engineers including the core team that created Amazon SageMaker.

We value integrity, passion, pushing boundaries, real-world problem solving, and a sense of humor. We work in collaboration, and encourage new ideas and initiatives.

About The Team And Role

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Pinecone, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of our platform infrastructure towards improving the velocity of our entire engineering team. This involves build processes, testing automation, developer tooling, deployment pipelines, and overall infrastructure reliability. You will work closely with all engineering teams to ensure our platform is scalable, secure, and robust, supporting the rapid development and deployment of our applications. Speed is one of our cultural tenants!

Key Responsibilities

• Developer Experience: Align platform engineering efforts with development goals, ensuring seamless integration and support. Build and maintain tools such as CLIs and manage development environments to streamline workflows and enhance productivity. Communicate platform processes, configurations, and best practices to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.
• Deployments: Utilize Kubernetes and Cloud Run, with underlying infrastructure managed by Pulumi. Our deployment process utilizes Kubernetes tooling, including Helm, Helmfile, and ArgoCD, to ensure smooth operations.
• Builds: Manage a monorepo with multiple projects, requiring efficient build automation. Our environment necessitates building binaries for Intel and ARM architectures, utilizing technologies such as Docker.
• Testing: Develop and maintain comprehensive automated testing frameworks, covering unit tests, integration tests, API tests, and property-based tests to ensure high-quality software releases.
• Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or a similar role.
• Strong proficiency in managing CI/CD pipelines and build automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi and Helm.
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tooling.
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Free mental health therapy sessions; free One Medical, Tela-doc, and Health Advocate subscriptions
• Cost-savings on gynecology, fertility, and family-building care
• Equity award
• 401(k)
• Flexible time off
• Paid parental leave
• Annual Department Retreat
• WFH Equipment Stipend

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are the cornerstone of everything we do at Pinecone. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals.