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Exa

AI search engine for developers and agents

San Francisco, CAOnsite51-200aiSeries B
About

Exa builds a semantic search engine and API optimized for AI applications, enabling developers to retrieve high-quality, relevant web data with low latency and structured outputs. It serves AI companies like Cursor, Notion, and Databricks, powering agents that need accurate real-world knowledge. This matters as it provides the information retrieval layer essential for reliable AI systems, reducing hallucinations and costs in the AI era.

Tech stack
KafkaGoogle AnalyticscuDFHudiTransformersInterview DesignAccount-Based MarketingBackendExecutive SupportEmail outreachRustEmbeddingsSalesforceNode.jsJavaScriptC++TypeScriptRayKubernetesGong
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Open roles · 27
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Creative Video Producer

Own end-to-end launch video production for an AI search engine startup, translating complex technical products into engaging visual content. Requires strong creative vision, technical fluency, and proficiency in Premiere, After Effects, and Figma.

120k – 220kSan Francisco, CAOtherOn-siteFigmaPremiere
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Head of Revenue Systems & Technology

Architect and own Exa's end-to-end revenue technology stack (Salesforce, MOPS, SEP, CSP, CPQ, forecasting) with an AI-native approach. Requires 10+ years building and scaling revenue systems at high-growth B2B companies.

150k – 250kSan Francisco, CARevenue OperationsOn-site10+ YOECPQGong
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Head of People

Lead and scale Exa's People function, partnering with founders on strategy, talent acquisition, compensation, performance, culture, and organizational development at a high-growth AI startup.

200k – 300kSan Francisco, CAPeople OpsOn-site10+ YOEHR CompliancePeople Analytics
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Software Engineer, Knowledge Systems

Build systems for extracting, connecting, retrieving, and reasoning over knowledge from the web to enable AI agents to answer questions with precision. Requires experience with complex distributed backend systems and petabyte-scale data pipelines.

180k – 350kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOn-site5+ YOEData QualityData Pipelines
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Chief of Staff

Right-hand operator to founders at an applied AI lab. Owns strategy, financial modeling, board prep, special projects, and cross-functional execution across recruiting, finance, legal, and more.

130k – 200kSan Francisco, CAExecutive LeadershipOn-site8+ YOEResearchRecruiting
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Software Engineer, Full Stack

Build and maintain full-stack developer platform components including dashboards, APIs, and SDKs for an AI-powered search engine serving agents and developers. Requires strong TypeScript skills, frontend design sense, and backend API experience.

180k – 350kSan Francisco, CAFullstack EngineeringOn-site3+ YOEAI AgentsTypeScript
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Founding Account Executive - NYC

Founding Account Executive to build NYC GTM office from 0->1, owning the full sales cycle for an AI search engine startup with 2+ years SaaS/tech sales experience.

200k – 400kNew York, NYAccount ExecutiveOn-site2+ YOESaaS SalesProspecting
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Growth Marketing Manager

Hands-on Growth Marketing Manager to own paid channels and website, scale spend to $1M+/month, and drive pipeline for an AI search engine startup.

130k – 200kSan Francisco, CA +1Growth MarketingOn-site2+ YOEGoogle AdsTikTok Ads
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Strategic Partnerships

Own and grow a portfolio of strategic AI partnerships end-to-end across cloud hyperscalers, frontier model labs, consultancies, startups, and VCs. Drive activations, co-sold pipeline, and revenue contribution while working closely with engineering, marketing, and sales.

180k – 300kSan Francisco, CAPartnershipsOn-siteAPIsRetrieval
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Head of Sales Development

Build and lead a high-performing SDR organization from scratch, owning global sales development strategy, pipeline generation, team development, and data-driven operations to support rapid company growth.

210k – 300kSan Francisco, CA +1Sales DevelopmentOn-site7+ YOEGong6sense
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People Operations

People Operations role supporting end-to-end hiring, onboarding, benefits, immigration, compliance, and employee experience for a fast-growing AI search startup in San Francisco.

100k – 150kSan Francisco, CAPeople OpsOn-site1+ YOEHRISOnboarding
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Sales Development Representative

Sales Development Representative generates pipeline through outbound prospecting via email, phone, and social, qualifies inbound leads, and partners with Account Executives to book meetings for AI search API customers. Requires 1+ years sales experience, preferably in SaaS/AI, and strong competitive drive.

100k – 130kSan Francisco, CASales DevelopmentOn-site1+ YOECRM toolsSaaS sales
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Account Executive

Account Executive owns full sales cycle for AI search engine, from prospecting and tailored demos to negotiation and closing high-value deals with customers needing fast, intelligent search workflows. Requires 2+ years SaaS/AI sales experience and consultative approach.

200k – 450kSan Francisco, CAAccount ExecutiveOn-site2+ YOESaaS salesAI products
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Design Engineer

Leads product design across web and brand platforms, creating visual designs, interactions, and prototypes using Figma and AI coding agents. Translates designs into web-native experiences for developer tools, requiring 3+ years UX/UI expertise in technical products.

150k – 280kSan Francisco, CAProduct DesignOn-site3+ YOEFigmaCodex
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Product Marketing

Owns product positioning, launches, and campaigns for AI search products targeting developers and enterprise buyers. Crafts narratives, creates technical content like blogs and demos, and collaborates with product/sales teams for maximum impact.

120k – 220kSan Francisco, CAProduct MarketingOn-siteAI ToolsPodcasts
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Software Engineer, Developer Relations

Builds and demos viral applets, API docs, and hackathons to promote Exa's search API to developers. Requires strong engineering in React/Node, API experience, and deep developer community knowledge.

130k – 200kSan Francisco, CADeveloper RelationsOn-siteAPIsReact
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Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems

Architects and builds massive-scale data infrastructure for web crawling, embedding model training, and real-time search, handling hundreds of petabytes. Requires expertise in lakehouse architectures, distributed processing pipelines, and streaming systems like Kafka and Flink.

180k – 350kSan Francisco, CAData EngineeringOn-siteRayHudi
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GTM Recruiter

Recruits top GTM talent (sales, marketing, BD) for a fast-scaling AI startup using AI-powered tools. Owns full recruiting cycle, builds scalable systems, and partners with founders. Requires 5+ years in high-growth tech recruiting and SF market knowledge.

100k – 180kSan Francisco, CARecruitingOn-site5+ YOEClosingSourcing
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Data Partnerships

Own the full cycle of data partnerships, from outbound prospecting and negotiations to closing high-value deals that enhance Exa’s data pipeline. Collaborate with founders and technical teams in a fast-paced startup, leveraging contract negotiation experience and quick grasp of technical concepts.

180k – 300kSan Francisco, CAPartnershipsOn-sitePrivacy LawData Strategy
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Growth Engineer

Designs and executes paid user acquisition campaigns across channels like search and social, leads A/B tests for conversion improvements, develops AI workflows for user outreach, and scales creator partnerships. Requires 3+ years in growth marketing with AI tool experience.

130k – 200kSan Francisco, CAGrowth MarketingOn-site3+ YOEN8NZapier
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Enterprise Growth

Drives enterprise growth through multi-channel marketing campaigns, ABM, and sales enablement to generate pipeline and close large deals in high-growth SaaS/AI. Partners with sales and eng teams with a data-driven focus on metrics like pipeline contribution and win rates.

120k – 220kSan Francisco, CAGrowth MarketingOn-sitePaid MediaACV Analysis
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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Builds and operates large-scale infrastructure including GPU clusters, Kubernetes orchestration, AWS batch jobs, and observability tooling to power AI search systems. Requires experience with massive-scale systems and focus on reliability and optimization.

180k – 350kSan Francisco, CADevOps / SREOn-siteAWSRay
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Research Engineer, Generalist

Research Engineer builds and optimizes massive-scale search infrastructure including crawling, parsing, ML models, and vector databases in Rust to enhance retrieval quality for AI applications. Requires strong generalist skills, attention to detail, and ability to ship fast across systems.

180k – 350kSan Francisco, CAAI ResearchOn-siteGPURust
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Software Engineer, Web Crawling

Builds and scales Google-scale web crawlers to handle 100M+ pages daily, optimizing for politeness, dynamic content, anti-bot measures, and prioritization. Requires experience with high-performance languages like Rust/C++ and tools like TypeScript/Playwright.

150k – 300kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOn-siteC++Rust
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Research, ML

ML Research Engineer trains foundational embedding models for web search, designs novel transformer architectures, creates datasets and evals, and beats state-of-the-art performance. Requires graduate-level ML expertise and ability to implement transformers in PyTorch.

150k – 300kSan Francisco, CAAI ResearchOn-siteRustRLAIF