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Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler

Perplexity Ai — Germany · Posted ~2 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

Backend software engineering Large-scale web crawling Data ingestion pipelines Data processing Distributed systems Scalable systems High-load systems Real-time data processing Full-stack development System architecture

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

An experienced backend engineering role focused on designing and operating large-scale web crawlers, ingestion pipelines, and distributed data-processing systems. You will architect scalable services, contribute to full-stack tooling, and help reliably process massive volumes of web data.

Highlights

High-impact backend engineering opportunity focused on web-scale data acquisition, distributed systems, and advanced search infrastructure. The role offers technical ownership, large-scale engineering challenges, cross-functional collaboration, and work with systems processing billions of web pages.

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. 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.