Software Engineer, Web Crawling
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Before you apply
LocationSingapore
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentEngineering
Company size201–500 people
PostedDec 10, 2025 · 11mo ago
Verified live3d ago
May no longer be actively hiring
Posted by the company on Dec 10, 202552% of this company's open roles have been listed for 90+ days
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Extensive experience building and scaling web crawlers, or would be excited to ramp up very quickly
Experience with some high performance language (C++, Rust, etc.)
Familiar with TypeScript, Playwright, modern web design, CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
Comfortable optimizing a system to an exceptional degree
Care about the problem of finding high quality knowledge and recognize how important this is for the world
Skills
C++
Rust
TypeScript
Playwright
CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental
Vision
Parental leave
Wellness stipend
About the company
Exa is an applied AI lab building a search engine unlike the world has ever seen. We build massive-scale infra to crawl the entire web, train state-of-the-art embedding models to process it, and design super high performant vector databases to retrieve over it. We now power search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, and over 400,000 developers and have raised $350m from Lightspeed, Benchmark, and a16z.
Our ultimate goal is to build perfect search over all the world’s information, far beyond Google. If you want to build massive-scale ML systems that will define the way the new AI world consumes information, this is the place for you.
About the role
As a Web Crawler engineer, you’d be responsible for crawling the entire web. Basically build Google-scale crawling!
Who You Are
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You have extensive experience building and scaling web crawlers, or would be excited to ramp up very quickly
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You have experience with some high performance language (C++, Rust, etc.)
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You are familiar with TypeScript, Playwright, modern web design, CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
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You’re comfortable optimizing a system to an exceptional degree
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You care about the problem of finding high quality knowledge and recognize how important this is for the world
What You Could Do
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Build a distributed crawler that can handle 100M+ pages per day
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Optimize crawl politeness and rate limiting across thousands of domains
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Design systems to detect and handle dynamic content, JavaScript rendering, and anti-bot measures
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Create intelligent crawl scheduling and prioritization algorithms for maximum coverage efficiency
Logistics
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Location: This is an in-person opportunity in Singapore.
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Visas: We’re happy to sponsor international candidates! While we cannot guarantee your visa, we have historically been successful in sponsoring candidates from all over the world. If you receive an offer, our team will work hard to get you a visa.
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Benefits: We offer premium healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), fertility benefits, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, and a monthly wellness stipend to all of our employees.
Legal
Exa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, criminal histories consistent with applicable law, or any other basis protected by applicable law.