About
Octogen is building the next generation of search and discovery technology for e-commerce. Our first product, Cosimo, reimagines how people shop online by combining editorial curation with intelligent search.
We're a small team made up of ex-founders and seasoned builders who are as intelligent as they are humble. We move quickly and use the latest in AI to advance how product data is structured and traversed at scale, powering next-generation discovery and checkout experiences. Our engineers work across the full stack, from ML infrastructure to consumer-facing applications.
Role
As a Systems Engineer at Octogen, you will take on ambitious problems at the intersection of AI, search, and commerce. You will design and maintain the data systems that power Cosimo, working on everything from structuring and traversing millions of products to building intelligent crawlers that map the ecommerce world. Your work will shape the backend infrastructure that makes product discovery feel seamless and intuitive for users.
You will partner closely with engineering and product to ship features and backend capabilities that have an immediate impact on how people shop. This role is a strong fit for someone who thrives in an early-stage environment, brings deep technical curiosity, and enjoys solving hard problems while moving quickly.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate large-scale product-ingestion pipelines, including crawlers, scrapers, and headless-browser systems
- Develop backend services and APIs that power search, discovery, and product understanding, making thoughtful architectural decisions around cost, latency, performance, and scalability
- Ensure reliability, observability, and performance across our data and processing infrastructure
- Work with product and engineering to define technical direction and ship high-impact features
- Leverage AI coding assistants (we invest ~$2k/month per engineer) to move quickly and maximize output
Qualifications
- Deep experience with web crawling, scraping, and remote headless-browser automation
- Strong proficiency in Python for backend and data workflows
- Solid grounding in system design with clear understanding of tradeoffs around cost, latency, performance, and scalability
- Experience with large-scale data pipelines or high-throughput services
- Comfort moving quickly in a fast-paced, product-focused environment
Applying
Email your resume and a brief note about what excites you about Octogen to careers@octogen.ai. We review all applications and will reach out if there's a potential fit.
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including non-traditional paths, to apply.