Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Belgrade London
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of software development experience
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Role Summary
The Backend Software Engineer will design, develop, and operate systems that ingest, process, and manage web-scale data for advanced search technologies. The role spans backend and frontend components of the data acquisition stack.
What You'll Do
- Lead projects developing large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and data processing systems.
- Build, maintain, and optimize crawler-service components, including storage, retrieval, and UI dashboards for data management.
- Collaborate with Search and Infrastructure teams on reliable, high-quality ingestion and processing of web pages.
- Architect and implement fullstack features and scalable distributed systems for high-load and real-time data operations.
- Iterate on approaches and improve system performance, usability, and reliability.
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View full postingQualifications
Minimum of 5 years of software development experience; strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms in at least one of Python, C++, Rust, or Go; experience building, deploying, and optimizing high-load, distributed, and hardware-adjacent services; deep understanding of cloud infrastructure with hands-on Kubernetes and AWS experience; demonstrated passion for writing clean, efficient, and scalable systems.
Preferred
- Experience with large-scale web crawlers is highly desirable.
Original job description
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Original job description
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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. This is a critical, high-impact engineering position, requiring expertise across both backend and frontend components of our data acquisition stack.
Responsibilities
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.
Collaborate closely with Search and Infrastructure teams to ensure the reliable, high-quality ingestion and processing of billions of web pages.
Architect and implement fullstack features and scalable distributed systems that handle high-load and real-time data operations.
Rapidly iterate, experiment with novel approaches, and continuously enhance system performance, usability, and reliability.
Qualifications
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.
About the company
Perplexity
Startup
Perplexity is an innovative technology company that specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing human-computer interaction. With a focus on natural language processing and machine learning, Perplexity empowers users to access information and insights more intuitively and efficiently. The company is dedicated to creating tools that simplify complex data and foster informed decision-making, thereby transforming the way individuals and organizations engage with knowledge. Through its commitment to excellence and user-centric design, Perplexity is shaping the future of information retrieval and analysis.