# Research, Evals at Exa

- Company: Exa
- What the company does: Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content from one endpoint. Try our API for free. Backed by Lightspeed, Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://exa.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/9c45a74e-d507-482a-bc0e-da2f464c9767
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-research-evals/

## About the role

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.

## What they're looking for

- Have hands-on ML experience (training, finetuning, or evaluating models (bonus if related to embeddings or LLMs)
- Have strong engineering fundamentals and can build reliable systems (Python, Rust, distributed pipelines, GPU/cluster jobs, etc.)
- Enjoy diving into data via building eval sets, inspecting edge cases, designing creative measurement strategies

Tags: Research