Software Engineer

Tavily is hiring a Software Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on Tavily.

Level's read on this job

Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this software engineer role: the job is building AI systems.
Tools and skills the posting cites include RAG.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 17 other open roles at Tavily.

AI in this role

rag

About Tavily

We're building the infrastructure layer for agentic web interaction at scale. Our API is designed from the ground up to power Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and real-time reasoning in AI systems. By connecting LLMs to high-quality, trustworthy web content, we help developers build agents that are not only intelligent — but also informed.

We work with some of the most innovative teams in AI — from small startups shaping the ecosystem to the largest enterprises deploying AI at scale. Whether it’s powering sales assistants, research copilots, or internal knowledge tools, we’re the missing link between LLMs and the real world.

The Role: Software Engineer

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our core engineering team and help build the infrastructure behind one of the fastest-growing AI APIs. You'll work on systems that handle massive scale across a distributed microservices architecture running on AWS. You'll ship fast, take ownership of critical systems, and solve hard infrastructure problems as we grow.

This is a great role for an engineer who loves building ambitious systems from scratch, and wants to tackle the kind of scale and complexity challenges typically reserved for much larger companies.

What You’ll Do

Design and build high-performance distributed systems
Design and implement backend infrastructure and API endpoints
Build and optimize real-time data pipelines that process billions of events per day across distributed queues and stream processors
Improve performance, monitoring, and reliability across the stack
Own core systems and contribute to key architectural decisions
Help shape a strong engineering culture focused on velocity and quality

What You Bring

5 years of professional software engineering experience
Strong backend development skills
Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, distributed systems, with a solid understanding of API design, reliability, and performance at scale
Hands-on expertise with AWS infrastructure and cloud-native services, bringing practical knowledge of deploying and managing services in real-world environments
Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment with lots of ownership
Strong sense of ownership and accountability over outcomes
Curiosity about LLMs, retrieval and the future of AI systems, with a drive to stay at the forefront of new technology
Based in Tel-Aviv or open to relocating

Nice To Have

Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes orchestration, and modern monitoring tools

How we rate this

Software Engineer at Tavily rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Software Engineer is an open job at Tavily.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The role is based in Israel.
The job was posted on March 31, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Tavily. Apply on Tavily

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

RAG

Also common in software engineer jobs at this level

Python Machine learning C++AI agents Java Generative AI

Pay

Typical software engineer job: $168k

This posting doesn't list pay. Use the typical software engineer figure when pay comes up. See software engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?

Adapt your resume

List these exact terms on your resume: RAG. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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