Join Exa as a backend engineer to build massive-scale ML systems for a revolutionary search engine.
Posted by employer 1 year ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
AI in the day-to-day
We build massive-scale infra to crawl the entire web and train state-of-the-art embedding models.
Requirements
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the backend engineer at Exa will focus on developing and optimizing high-performance systems that support a groundbreaking search engine. Key skills include experience with low-latency architectures and the ability to build data processing pipelines capable of handling millions of documents daily, ideally using languages like C++ or Rust. This position is suited for experienced engineers who are passionate about improving information retrieval and have a strong technical background. Exa's innovative environment and ambitious goals make it an exciting place for those looking to shape the future of AI-driven search.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Exa's career page.
- Exa has 54 other open roles including Design Engineer, Lifecycle Marketing Manger, Sales Development Representative, SF.
- 1661 active C++ roles on Joblaze right now.
- 768 active Rust roles on Joblaze right now.
- Typical C++ salary we track runs $125,000–$175,000 (median $150,000, across 809 roles). See C++ salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Backend role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.
- Where is the role based?
- Exa is hiring for this position in San Francisco, California.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Rust.
- Does Exa sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer, Backend role at Exa.
From the original posting
Exa is an applied AI lab building a search engine unlike the world has ever seen. We build massive-scale infra to crawl the entire web, train state-of-the-art embedding models to process it, and design super high performant vector databases to retrieve over it. We now power search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, and over 400,000 developers and have raised $350m from Lightspeed, Benchmark, and a16z.
Our ultimate goal is to build perfect search over all the world's information, far beyond Google. If you want to build massive-scale ML systems that will define the way the new AI world consumes information, this is the place for you.
As a backend engineer, you'd play a critical role in our search architecture. We're pretty flexible on what projects people work on based on their skills and interests.
Desired Experience
You have experience writing and maintaining high throughput, low latency systems
You can build data processing pipelines that deal with millions of documents per day
You’re comfortable optimizing a system to an exceptional degree
You care about the problem of finding high quality information and recognize how important this is for the world
Plus: Experience in some high performance language (C++, Rust, etc.)
Example Projects
Recreate Google-level keyword search over 10 billion pages in 1 month
Build a state-of-the-art crawling system that works optimally for any website
Build a custom vector database that runs over a billion vectors in under 100ms
Logistics
Location: This is an in-person opportunity in San Francisco.
Visas: We're happy to sponsor international candidates (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). While we cannot guarantee your visa, we have historically been successful in sponsoring candidates from all over the world. If you receive an offer, our team will work hard to get you a visa.
Benefits: We offer premium healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), fertility benefits, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, and a monthly wellness stipend to all of our employees.
Exa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, criminal histories consistent with applicable law, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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