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Because the team and customer base are scaling quickly, you should be comfortable operating with high autonomy and strong judgment in a fast-paced environment.\nIf you’re excited about:\nLearning new technologies and helping others succeed with that technology.\n\nPlaying a central role in an exciting and rapidly expanding community.\n\nShaping the course of a fast-growing company and product category.\n\nWorking with colleagues who value clarity, creativity, passion, initiative, and thoughtfulness.\n\nThen we want to talk to you!\nResponsibilities:\nCommunity Programs (Global)\nLead and grow Pinecone’s Discord: drive engagement, improve onboarding, set norms, and keep the space high-signal.\n\nRun recurring office hours that consistently help developers unblock, learn best practices, and ship.\n\nSupport and scale community programs that create real builder outcomes (templates, challenge weeks, help channels, expert AMAs).\n\nEvents (SF/Bay Area)\nOwn Pinecone’s SF-area community 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