Software Engineer - Search Platform [IC4]

Who we are

Our mission at Sourcegraph is to make it so that everyone can code, not just ~0.1% of the population. 

We are transforming how the world’s most important companies build software by industrializing development with AI. Today, most professional developers spend a disproportionate amount of time understanding code and performing repetitive, low-level tasks—leaving less time for innovation and meaningful impact.

We’re changing that. Sourcegraph brings AI-powered search and agents to the enterprise, helping teams automate the mundane and amplify what developers do best— solving hard problems and creating great products.

Here’s how we’re making a difference:

• Accelerating developers with AI agents that deliver insights and precision—enabling 5x faster test creation, 30% increase in merge requests, and saving 20 minutes per developer daily.
• Automating repetitive tasks, from remediating vulnerabilities (saving teams 1,000+ hours annually) to speeding up migrations that would take years to months. 
• Enabling innovation by addressing complex problems like automated bug triage, vulnerability detection, and AI-driven code reviews seamlessly integrated into workflows.

Trusted by 7/10 top software companies by market cap, 4/6 top US banks and many of the companies leading global innovation, like Stripe, Indeed, Tesla, and 1Password, and with $225M in funding from investors like a16z, Sequoia, and Redpoint, we are building the tools that will define the next era of enterprise software development.

If you’re passionate about solving the hardest problems in software and shaping the future of technology, join us. Let’s build something extraordinary together.

Location

🌎 While we are an all-remote company and hire almost anywhere in the world, we have a preference for someone to reside in the following locations for this role. However, if you feel qualified, we welcome you to apply regardless of location. No matter what, working hours must overlap with PST for at least 10 hours/week.

Preferred locations:

• San Francisco (in-office)
• North America (remote) 
• South America (remote) 
• EMEA (remote) 

Why this job is exciting 

As a Software Engineer on Sourcegraph's Search Platform team, you will play a central role in developing innovative code search solutions. Our search tool is trusted by some of the world's largest organizations to answer complex questions about their source code that no other tool can address. The Search Platform team is responsible for the systems that index and query code, delivering high-quality results to both users and AI agents. The team works across the search stack from optimizing low level index storage to leveraging ML models to optimize the ranking and relevance of search results.

• Indexed and unindexed search (Zoekt & Searcher)
• Cody Context
• Diff/commit search
• Result ranking
• Open source indexing, current at over 2.5M repos!
• Code Symbols indexing and search

📅 Within one month, you will…

• Meet with and get to know your peers and other people around the company to gain a sense of the team and organization.
• Familiarize yourself with the product and the area of focus for the search core team and how they align with top-level company goals.
• Contribute to our software with commits and code reviews.

📅 Within three months, you will…

• Build rapport with the search team and become an effective and proactive asynchronous communicator in a team-oriented environment.
• Increase understanding of the product, technology, and tools to become comfortable with diagnosing issues, proposing and leading solutions.
• Actively contribute to the team’s technical discussions, architecture designs and help your team grow technical and non-technical skills.
• Participate in the team’s on-call and support rotation.

📅 Within six months and beyond, you will…

• By writing and reviewing RFCs and stories and collaborating with the team, you will actively shape the direction and participate in the planning of t