Web Crawler Engineer
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Job Description
Exa is building web-scale systems for search. We routinely run batch jobs with >1000 machines and develop production services that involve many terabytes of text. Up for the challenge?
Desired Experience
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’re comfortable optimizing the crap out of a system
Care about the problem of finding high quality knowledge and recognize how important this is for the world
Example Projects
Build a distributed crawler that can handle 100M+ pages per day
Optimize crawl politeness and rate limiting across thousands of domains
Design systems to detect and handle dynamic content, JavaScript rendering, and anti-bot measures
Create intelligent crawl scheduling and prioritization algorithms for maximum coverage efficiency
$150,000 - $300,000 a year (For SF Office) + Above Market Equity
We are open to sponsoring International candidates (e.g STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3)
This is an in-person opportunity in San Francisco. We're big believers in in-person culture!
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