Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)

Perplexity
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 220,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Communication","Leadership","Rapid learning"]

Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Perplexity’s Computer product; lead features end-to-end from problem definition to technical design and launch; tackle hard AI-driven problems, iterating to improve for users; collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and GTM teams; build AI-aware systems considering agents, context, evaluation, personalization, and ground truth.

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Perplexity
Perplexity
4 months ago

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)

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Job Summary

Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Perplexity’s Computer product; lead features end-to-end from problem definition to technical design and launch; tackle hard AI-driven problems, iterating to improve for users; collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and GTM teams; build AI-aware systems considering agents, context, evaluation, personalization, and ground truth.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Computer.
  • •Lead features, projects and products end-to-end, from problem definition to technical design, implementation, and launch.
  • •Hill climb on hard problems, continuously iterating to improve for ourselves and customers.
  • •Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and go-to-market teams.
  • •Build systems that take into account the nuances of AI, working with agents, context, evaluation, personalization and the ground truth.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 405,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • •Strong experience in 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 a meaningful scale.
  • •Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user problems into simple, effective technical solutions.
  • •Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly.
Experience:4+ yearsAISoftware engineeringStartupAgentic AI
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationLeadershipRapid learning
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonGoTypeScriptJavaScriptSwiftRustJavaC++LLMsAgentsProduction systems

Company Brief

Perplexity
Perplexity AI provides an AI-powered answer engine that returns conversational, citation-backed answers to user queries and offers Pro/Enterprise products and APIs for research, knowledge work, and search augmentation.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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