Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler)

Perplexity; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Perplexity is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our Crawler team. You will design, develop, and operate systems that ingest, process, and manage web-scale data in support of our next generation search technologies.

This role involves ownership of large-scale crawler projects, building scalable backend and frontend components, and collaborating with Search and Infrastructure teams to ensure reliable ingestion of billions of web pages.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of software development experience with strong data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with large-scale web crawlers is highly desirable.
• Proven track record building high-load, distributed and hardware-adjacent services.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure with hands-on Kubernetes and AWS.
• Demonstrated passion for clean, scalable systems.

Aufgaben

• Take ownership of projects to develop large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and data processing systems.
• Build and optimize core backend and frontend components for crawler services, including storage, retrieval, and UI dashboards for data management.
• Collaborate with Search and Infrastructure teams to ensure reliable ingestion and processing of billions of pages.
• Architect and implement full-stack features and distributed systems for real-time data operations.
• Iterate, experiment, and continuously enhance system performance, usability, and reliability.

Kenntnisse

Python

C++

Rust

Go

Data structures & algorithms

Distributed systems

Tools

Kubernetes (K8s)

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

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 full‑stack 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.