Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)

Perplexity
San Francisco, United States, Serbia, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 200,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Ownership","Proactiveness"]

Build and ship production desktop and Comet application features that reshape knowledge work. Partner with product and design teams to deliver fast, intuitive UI and novel experiences, while using agentic coding tools to accelerate development. Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument and improve the end-to-end experience, and work with infrastructure and QA on testing, release, and monitoring.

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Perplexity
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Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)

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Job Summary

Build and ship production desktop and Comet application features that reshape knowledge work. Partner with product and design teams to deliver fast, intuitive UI and novel experiences, while using agentic coding tools to accelerate development. Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument and improve the end-to-end experience, and work with infrastructure and QA on testing, release, and monitoring.
Location: San Francisco, United States, Serbia, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
  • •Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
  • •Utilize Perplexity Computer and other agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
  • •Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
  • •Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 400,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years industry experience.
  • •Experience shipping high-quality native applications.
  • •Architecture experience writing code understandable by both agents and humans.
  • •Deep understanding of app performance.
  • •Ability to own projects and features and push them forward proactively.
Experience:4+ years
Skills:CollaborationOwnershipProactiveness
Tech Stack:RustKotlinSwiftTypeScriptChromiumPerplexity ComputerAgentic coding tools

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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