Software Engineer, Foundations Search

Skills

About the Role

You will build and scale retrieval systems that let models retrieve and act on the right information at the right time. You will design and operate indexing systems, retrieval pipelines, and serving layers, and partner with researchers to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques while owning performance, reliability, and observability.

Requirements

• Experience building and scaling distributed systems
• Background in search, retrieval, or indexing systems
• Familiarity with embedding-based or ML-powered systems
• Experience with performance optimization and production reliability

Responsibilities

• Build and scale retrieval infrastructure across indexing, serving, and query execution
• Develop low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time model interaction
• Partner with research to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques
• Support dense, sparse, and hybrid retrieval pipelines
• Own system performance, reliability, and observability at scale
• Collaborate across Pretraining, Inference, and Product teams
• Contribute to model-system interfaces for agentic workflows

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
• Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents)
• Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
• Paid sick or safe time
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
• Relocation support
• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
• Performance-related bonus