# Software Engineer, Web Crawling 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: 2025-07-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/0298c908-e2ff-4dbb-a8cc-4899a9f6737a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-software-engineer-web-crawling/

## 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. As a Web Crawler engineer, you'd be responsible for crawling the entire web. Basically build Google-scale crawling!

## What they're looking for

- You have extensive experience building and scaling web crawlers, or would be excited to ramp up very quickly
- You have experience with some high performance language (C++, Rust, etc.)
- You are familiar with TypeScript, Playwright, modern web design, CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
- You’re comfortable optimizing a system to an exceptional degree
- You care about the problem of finding high quality knowledge and recognize how important this is for the world

Tags: Engineering