Staff / Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - Runtime
Core
Building low-latency, high-throughput runtime systems for an agent-native search platform serving AI agents.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Systems/Backend)
Builds
Production search runtime services, request flows, and observability primitives for AI agent consumption.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / AI Systems / High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
C++ or Rust, high-load system design, low-latency optimization, CPU/memory/networking tuning, production operations, request flow architecture, observability implementation, performance benchmarking
Preferred skills
DBMS internals, cloud infrastructure, real-time data pipelines, hardware-level optimization, open-source contributions, competitive programming
Technologies
C++, Rust, Kubernetes (implied by cloud infra context), observability stacks (logs/metrics/traces)
Responsibilities
Design and operate core runtime services for serving search queries at scale; Build and optimize request flows including query processing and response assembly; Develop systems maintaining performance under high load; Optimize CPU, memory, and data access patterns; Ensure reliability and observability across production services; Collaborate with indexing and ML teams to integrate retrieval components; Support experimentation through controlled rollouts and benchmarking
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
