Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)

Perplexity
San Francisco, United States, London, Serbia, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Ownership","Communication","Problem-solving"]

Hands-on software engineer focused on building security tooling, automation, and AI-driven agents to improve detection, response, vulnerability management, and overall security posture of products and infrastructure. Collaborates with product and security teams to threat-model features, integrate security signals, and ship secure-by-default libraries and patterns across services.

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Perplexity
Perplexity
9 months ago

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)

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Job Summary

Hands-on software engineer focused on building security tooling, automation, and AI-driven agents to improve detection, response, vulnerability management, and overall security posture of products and infrastructure. Collaborates with product and security teams to threat-model features, integrate security signals, and ship secure-by-default libraries and patterns across services.
Location: San Francisco, United States, London, Serbia, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and maintain software and automation that improves our detection and response program, including alert enrichment, triage workflows, and investigation tooling.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 385,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of experience as a software engineer with significant time spent building security-related tools, platforms, or automations, or in a security engineering role with strong software development responsibilities.
Experience:4+ yearsSecurityCybersecurity
Skills:CollaborationOwnershipCommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PythonGoTypeScriptAWS

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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