# Research, ML 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: 2025-06-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/fcebd301-b473-40dc-b733-362883ac1f37
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-research-ml/

## 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

- You have graduate-level ML experience (Master's degree or PhD with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or are an exceptionally strong undergrad)
- You can code up a transformer from scratch in PyTorch
- You like creating large-scale datasets and diving deeply into the data
- You care about the problem of finding high quality knowledge and recognize how important this is for the world

Tags: Research