Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
Perplexity
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 220,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Communication"]Backend Platform roles at Perplexity focus on building scalable, secure infrastructure that underpins authentication, authorization, real-time data flows, service orchestration, and sandboxing. You’ll set high standards for reliability and observability, collaborate with product/AI teams to define interfaces and SLAs, and provide technical leadership across the backend platform to keep the foundation simple, secure, and evolvable.

