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Staff / Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - Index

Nebius · Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Nebius's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
9% of Nebius's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Nebius
high
369 stale, 17 reposted of 384 open
Hiring momentum
508 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Nebius's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Nebius.

About this role

The Staff Software Engineer will focus on building and optimizing the indexing and data processing layer of a novel search engine designed for AI agents. Responsibilities include designing large-scale indexing systems, developing efficient data pipelines, ensuring data freshness and accessibility, and collaborating with other teams to meet retrieval requirements. The role emphasizes high throughput, scalability, and system reliability in a fast-paced environment.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nebius as an employer.

What you need

  • 8+ years of experience building production backend or data infrastructure systems
  • Strong Go experience
  • Experience with large-scale data processing systems (10+ GiB/sec throughput, petabyte-scale datasets)
  • Experience building or operating databases, storage systems, data planes, or indexing pipelines
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, fault tolerance, consistency, and scalability
  • Experience running production systems and handling operational incidents

Nice to have

  • Distributed data processing frameworks such as Spark, Flink, MapReduce, or Beam
  • Content systems including scraping, proxying, or anti-bot infrastructure
  • Ad tech, social networks, or other large-scale content platforms
  • DBMS internals (open source or SaaS) and cloud infrastructure
  • Open-source contributions or active involvement in the engineering community

What you get

  • Competitive compensation
  • Career growth and learning opportunities
  • Flexibility and ownership
  • Collaborative and innovative culture
  • Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
  • International environment and talented teams

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Focus on backend and data infrastructure may limit exposure to front-end technologies
  • Role involves high throughput and scalability challenges, which may require a steep learning curve for some candidates

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Listed by Nebius on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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