Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Training Infrastructure)
Perplexity19 hours ago
Base Salary
$220k - $405k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build distributed systems that orchestrate AI workloads across global-scale compute infrastructure.
- Define user and agent interfaces for designing, managing, and launching experiments.
- Create tools that make experiment results legible to humans and agents.
- Enable experiment retrospectives, closed-loop autoresearch, and accelerated model development.
- Develop reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems for compute-intensive workloads.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience developing and shipping distributed systems for compute-intensive workloads.
- Focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Proficiency in a general-purpose backend language such as Python, Rust, C++, or Go.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration such as AWS and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with reinforcement learning, agent evaluation, or ML infrastructure.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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About Perplexity
Perplexity builds an AI-powered answer engine for web and mobile and an enterprise product, Perplexity Computer, for AI-driven workflows across tools and apps. The company monetizes through individual subscriptions (Perplexity Pro) and enterprise plans. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a privately held company.