Research Engineer - Web Crawlers
About this role
ElevenLabs is seeking a remote Research Engineer specializing in web crawlers to join the team in the United Kingdom. This role suits an engineer experienced in distributed systems who wants to build and scale large-scale data pipelines for frontier artificial intelligence models.
Role Overview
ElevenLabs is looking for a Research Engineer to join the research department, focusing on large-scale web crawling for frontier AI models. Because model quality depends on data scale and quality, this position involves owning the crawling systems that source world-class data from the open web. The position is remote with global eligibility, and candidates can optionally work from company offices in London, New York, San Francisco, or Warsaw.
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About the Company
ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company that launched in January 2023 with the introduction of the first human-like AI voice model. Backed by prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth, and Sequoia, the company has raised $781 million and achieved an $11 billion valuation. Serving millions of users and thousands of businesses, ElevenLabs operates across three main platforms: ElevenAgents for conversational AI experiences, ElevenCreative for creator and marketer multi-language generation tools, and ElevenAPI for developer access to foundational audio models.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should visit the official ElevenLabs careers page to submit an application for the Research Engineer - Web Crawlers position.
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Is the Research Engineer position remote?
Yes, the role is remote and can be executed globally. Candidates also have the option to work from company offices in London, New York, San Francisco, and Warsaw.
What qualifications or degrees are required for this role?
ElevenLabs does not require any formal certifications or degrees for this position. Instead, the company seeks candidates who can demonstrate solving hard problems through artifacts such as past projects, designs, or GitHub contributions.
What technologies and systems will I be working with?
You will work with distributed systems at scale, including Kubernetes, queue-based architectures, and custom pipelines capable of processing billions of documents.
What are the primary responsibilities of the Research Engineer?
The role involves building and operating distributed web crawlers, solving challenges like messy HTML extraction and web-scale deduplication, designing targeted pipelines for audio, video, and multilingual content, and creating data exploration tooling for researchers.
What benefits are offered by ElevenLabs?
Benefits include a learning and development stipend, a social travel stipend, an annual company offsite in international locations, and a monthly co-working stipend if you are not located near a main hub.