# Software Engineer, Knowledge Systems 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: 2026-06-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/1f90ebb9-0f74-4a52-822a-d0ea6acdef4f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-software-engineer-knowledge-systems/

## 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 experience building and maintaining complex distributed backend systems
- You can build data pipelines that process petabytes of documents, metadata, and unstructured data
- You’re comfortable optimizing systems for correctness, reliability, and scale
- You care deeply about data quality and finding high-quality information
- Plus: experience building systems involving graph traversal, entity resolution, data quality, or truth discovery

Tags: Engineering