Join Exa as a Full Stack Engineer to build innovative AI-driven search solutions for developers and enterprises.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
We build massive-scale ML systems that will define the way the new AI world consumes information.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Full Stack Engineer at Exa, the individual will engage in developing and maintaining the entire developer platform, including dashboards, APIs, and SDKs. Proficiency in TypeScript and experience with backend API design are essential, alongside a strong understanding of front-end design principles. This position is ideal for a generalist engineer with over three years of experience, particularly those who have worked on products related to AI and LLMs. Exa's mission to revolutionize search technology offers a dynamic environment for engineers passionate about high-quality information retrieval.
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.
- 1939 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- 488 active APIs roles on Joblaze right now.
- 32 active SDKs roles on Joblaze right now.
- Typical TypeScript salary we track runs $140,000–$200,000 (median $172,000, across 801 roles). See TypeScript salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Full Stack role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer, Full Stack role.
- 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: APIs, SDKs, TypeScript.
- Does Exa sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Exa targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer, Full Stack 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 Full Stack Engineer at Exa, you'll work on everything developers and agents touch when they use our product. That includes our developer dashboard, APIs, SDKs, and the rest of our developer platform.
Who You Are
You're a strong generalist engineer, comfortable owning the product lifecycle from design to deploy
You're fluent in TypeScript, with a strong eye for front-end design, and comfortable learning new tools and technology as the work calls for it
You've designed and maintained backend APIs that real users and customers depend on
You've shipped products for LLMs, AI agents, or other systems used by many people
You care about the problem of finding high quality information and recognize how important this is for the world
You have 3+ years of fullstack engineering experience
What You Could Do
Build agentic onboarding flows that quickly get developers (and their agents) from sign-up to first integration
Shape the Exa API and SDKs into the cleanest, most ergonomic agentic search platform in the ecosystem
Architect the API gateway that every Exa request flows through
Build account, billing, permissions, and provisioning surfaces our enterprise customers need
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.