Hybrid Staff AI Engineer, Growth

at Pinecone

• Job title: Staff AI Engineer, Growth
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $180,000 - $240,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: JavaScript, Python, SQL, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Staff AI Engineer driving growth initiatives and building technical campaigns for Pinecone, the leading vector database for AI applications. Blends engineering with strategic growth efforts in marketing.

Responsibilities

• Ship AI-driven signup experiments daily: Build and test personalized landing pages, signup flows, and pricing variants using semantic search to match visitor intent; automate lead enrichment pipelines that classify ICP fit and route high-value signups to SDRs instantly
• Create adaptive activation systems: Build AI-powered onboarding workflows that personalize tutorials, code samples, and integration guides in real-time based on user behavior; deploy automated health dashboards that flag dormant users and trigger intervention experiments
• Automate pipeline generation workflows: Use AI to generate programmatic SEO content, optimize for search intent, and detect buying signals from activity (Discord, GitHub, website, ads); auto-enrich accounts and create CRM opportunities
• Build AI agents and internal research tools: Ship agents that personalize email sequences, in-app messaging, and Slack community outreach for external users; create internal utilities for Marketing/Sales teams to instantly look up user context, journey stage, and behavior patterns using semantic search over CRM, product usage, and community data
• Build measurement and attribution infrastructure: Create end-to-end tracking systems that connect traffic sources → signups → activations with causal attribution; automate dashboards and experiments that measure impact on conversion rates, activation velocity, and pipeline generation

Requirements

• 4+ years building full-stack applications in production environments (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) and vector databases
• Track record driving measurable growth outcomes (signups, activations, pipeline) in PLG or B2B SaaS
• Proficiency with marketing automation platforms (HubSpot, Salesforce) and data analysis tools (SQL, Python)
• Strong experimentation mindset: A/B testing, measurement frameworks, and data-driven decision making

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