Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems
ExaSan Francisco, California, United States
Posted December 19, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Exa specializes in knowledge organization and retrieval for large language models, leveraging advanced representation learning and a robust crawling infrastructure to deliver precise, context‑aware search results. Their flagship product, the Exa Web Search API, enables developers to integrate intelligent, data‑driven search capabilities into AI applications. By focusing on scalable, high‑accuracy knowledge extraction, Exa differentiates itself as a foundational layer for the AI ecosystem, empowering models to access up‑to‑date information efficiently. The company is actively expanding its team and welcomes talent interested in shaping the future of AI data layers. For more information, visit exa.ai.
Job Description
Exa is building a search engine from scratch to serve every AI application. As a Data Engineer, you'll architect and build the data infrastructure that powers everything we do, including crawling billions of pages, training embedding models, and serving real-time search.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of lakehouse architectures (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi) and when to use them
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed data processing pipelines
- Hands-on experience with streaming data systems (Kafka, Flink, or similar)
- Familiarity with Ray, Spark, or ClickHouse at production scale
- Obsessive focus on reliability and building systems that don't page you at 3am
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship