Full-Time

Backend Software Engineer – Search, Crawler Team at Perplexity

Company Perplexity
Location Belgrade, Berlin, London
Salary Competitive salary
Posted Posted 0 days ago

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our Crawler team. In this role, you will design, develop, and operate systems that ingest, process, and manage web-scale data in support of our next generation of advanced search technologies.

What you'll do

In this role, you will take ownership of and lead projects focused on developing large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and data processing systems. You will build, maintain, and optimize core backend and frontend components for crawler services, including storage, retrieval, and UI dashboards for data management.

  • Take ownership of and lead projects focused on developing large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and data processing systems.
  • Build, maintain, and optimize core backend and frontend components for crawler services, including storage, retrieval, and UI dashboards for data management.

What you need

  • Minimum of 5 years of software development experience, with strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms in at least one of the following languages: Python, C++, Rust, or Go.
  • Experience with large-scale web crawlers is highly desirable.
  • Proven experience building, deploying, and optimizing high-load, distributed, and hardware-adjacent services.
  • Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, with hands-on experience in Kubernetes (K8s) and AWS.
  • Demonstrated passion for writing clean, efficient, and scalable systems.

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