Developer Advocate

Pinecone • San Francisco, CA

4d • $140,000 - $240,000

About The Position

Pinecone is hiring a senior, hands-on technical communicator to own its developer community online and in person, with a particular focus on establishing a strong presence in the San Francisco/Bay Area. The role builds developer relationships at scale, runs community programs, and translates community needs into product feedback and effective learning experiences.

The Developer Advocate builds and teaches with Pinecone’s AI products, helping developers create reliable, scalable AI applications centered on knowledge and retrieval. The role turns best practices into practical experiences through tutorials, short-form videos, documentation contributions, hackathon mentorship, and social posts. It calls for autonomy and sound judgment in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling company and customer environment.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in a technical role such as software engineering, solution engineering, or machine learning.
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages.
• Experience owning and growing a technical developer community.
• Experience running in-person developer events end to end.
• Experience shipping demos and sample code and teaching them clearly.
• Strong writing, live speaking, and Q&A skills.
• Fluency in LLM applications and RAG, with strong API instincts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow Pinecone’s Discord by driving engagement, improving onboarding, establishing norms, and maintaining a high-signal community.
• Run recurring office hours to help developers get unblocked, learn best practices, and ship.
• Support and scale community programs that produce builder outcomes, including templates, challenge weeks, help channels, and expert AMAs.
• Own Pinecone’s San Francisco-area community presence through local meetups, hackathons, and larger Bay Area events.
• Develop event programming, including themes, speaker selection, talks, and workshops; promote events, grow attendance, and ensure events produce reusable assets and follow-on engagement.
• Create and maintain hands-on technical assets, including sample apps, demos, and code walkthroughs, for Pinecone’s core developer use cases.
• Develop technical assets for RAG systems and retrieval quality, knowledge management patterns using Assistant and other incubating products, and platform and infrastructure patterns for scale and reliability.
• Publish content across Pinecone channels and external platforms, grounded in what the community is trying to build.
• Translate community needs into product feedback and compelling learning experiences.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, and mental health resources.
• 401(k) plan.
• Equity award.
• Flexible time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Annual company retreat.
• Work-from-home equipment stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed