Perplexity

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)

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4 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USA +2 moreMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$220k - $405k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Computer.
  • Lead features, projects, and products end to end from problem definition through technical design, implementation, and launch.
  • Continuously iterate on difficult problems to improve outcomes for the company and its customers.
  • Partner with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and go-to-market teams.
  • Build systems that account for AI-related nuances including agents, context, evaluation, personalization, and ground truth.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience with at least one general-purpose programming language, such as Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Rust, Java, or C++.
  • Experience building and operating production systems at meaningful scale.
  • Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user problems into simple, effective technical solutions.
  • Genuine interest in and adoption of AI products, with willingness to learn quickly.
  • Experience with LLMs, agents, retrieval systems, personalization, or evaluation frameworks is preferred.
  • Experience at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team is preferred.
  • Founding a company or initiative is preferred.
Perplexity

About Perplexity

201-500 employees

The most powerful answer engine. Powering curiosity with answers backed by up-to-date sources. This is where knowledge begins.