Member of Technical Staff (Backend/Infrastructure Engineer, Search)
Perplexityover 1 year ago
Berlin, Germany or London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain robust, scalable infrastructure for high-performance search systems.
- Develop internal tools and automation to improve developer workflows and operational efficiency.
- Design, deploy, and operate cloud-native systems primarily on AWS.
- Improve and support CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and release processes.
- Debug and optimize Linux systems, containers, and backend services.
- Contribute directly to product codebases across Python, Go, and other systems languages.
Requirements
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure, systems design, and automation, with AWS preferred.
- Deep understanding of Linux internals, performance tuning, and debugging.
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD systems and tooling.
- Strong Python skills and fluency in at least one systems language: Go, Rust, C, C++, or Java.
- Comfort working across infrastructure and application-level code.
- Proactive learning ability and comfort working in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
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.