Engineering Manager (Agent Engine)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco
Applied AIonsitemanager$300k–$485k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead Agent Engine team building frontier agentic experiences for millions.
- Own Perplexity Computer, Comet ecosystem, and Agent API systems.
- Advance frontier agent harnesses for mission-critical user work.
What they offer
- equity
Ideal candidate
Experienced engineering leader with strong AI intuition and product taste who thrives guiding opinionated teams and building secure, reliable agentic experiences for millions of users.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience with at least 3 years as an engineering manager
- Strong foundational familiarity with the AI systems stack
- Proficiency in Python
- Domain knowledge in harness engineering, agent skills, model training/RL, or browser technologies
- Experience recruiting, growing and retaining high-caliber engineering talent
- Strong organizational skills delivering parallel technical projects and guiding tradeoff decisions
Lab profile
About Perplexity AI
Builds AI search answers and agentic Computer to turn knowledge into action.
What they build
- Perplexity AI answer engine
- Perplexity Computer agentic assistant
- Comet AI browser and desktop apps
Known for
- Agentic AI and agent capabilities
- Applied AI product engineering
- Cross-platform apps across web, mobile and desktop
- Multimodal AI and integrations
Key facts
- Founded in 2022
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Serves millions of users daily
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