How much experience is required?

At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler) role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, AWS, Go, Rust, Python, Kubernetes.

What seniority level is this role?

Perplexity targets staff-level candidates for this position.

Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler) at Perplexity

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Backend Software Engineer will focus on designing and developing large-scale web crawlers and data processing systems to enhance advanced search technologies. Key skills include proficiency in programming languages like Python, C++, Rust, or Go, along with experience in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in software development and a passion for building efficient, scalable solutions. The role is part of a critical team that collaborates closely with other departments to ensure high-quality data ingestion and processing.

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Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Perplexity's career page.
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Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler) role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, AWS, Go, Rust, Python, Kubernetes.
What seniority level is this role?: Perplexity targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler) role at Perplexity.

From the original posting

We are seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our Crawler team. In this role, you will design, develop, and operate systems that ingest, process, and manage web-scale data in support of our next generation of advanced search technologies. This is a critical, high-impact engineering position, requiring expertise across both backend and frontend components of our data acquisition stack.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of and lead projects focused on developing large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and data processing systems.
Build, maintain, and optimize core backend and frontend components for crawler services, including storage, retrieval, and UI dashboards for data management.
Collaborate closely with Search and Infrastructure teams to ensure the reliable, high-quality ingestion and processing of billions of web pages.
Architect and implement fullstack features and scalable distributed systems that handle high-load and real-time data operations.
Rapidly iterate, experiment with novel approaches, and continuously enhance system performance, usability, and reliability.

Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of software development experience, with strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms in at least one of the following languages: Python, C++, Rust, or Go.
Experience with large-scale web crawlers is highly desirable.
Proven experience building, deploying, and optimizing high-load, distributed, and hardware-adjacent services.
Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, with hands-on experience in Kubernetes (K8s) and AWS.
Demonstrated passion for writing clean, efficient, and scalable systems.

Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler)

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