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Perplexity

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration)

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about 4 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$250k - $405k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Identify and execute on opportunities to accelerate delivery with AI capabilities.
  • Collaborate with technical and business teams to harness AI in new ways.
  • Enhance the legibility of codebases and systems for AI integration.
  • Optimize the balance between quality and velocity using AI tools.
  • Stay updated on new AI tools/models and inspire their effective use.
  • Guide the company in making informed technology decisions.
  • Promote an AI-forward culture within the organization.

Requirements

  • 5 to 15+ years of industry experience, particularly in infrastructure/platform engineering.
  • Daily use of AI models/tools with strong intuition on their applications.
  • Proficiency in Python and willingness to learn other languages like Rust and TypeScript.
  • Strong understanding of the work of technical and business teams.
  • Broad knowledge of typical stacks used in AI product and applied research.
  • Focus on improving software legibility and reducing process brittleness.
  • Experience in navigating exploration-exploitation tradeoffs.