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Perplexity AI

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

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Experience with large-scale web crawlers is highly desirable
  • 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
  • Demonstrated passion for writing clean, efficient, and scalable systems

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