Internship - Search Backend Infra Engineer

Highlights

• Help build systems powering Perplexity's search experience at scale.
• Support high-performance search infrastructure with senior mentorship.
• Design internal automation improving developer workflows and efficiency.

Ideal candidate

Curious, self-driven student or self-taught builder in Serbia who has shipped a personal project they're proud of and thrives on ownership, fast feedback, and high standards in a collaborative English-speaking team.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled at a Serbian university or self-taught with passion for software engineering
• Working towards degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Go, Rust, or C/C++ through coursework or projects
• Interest in infrastructure, distributed systems and backend engineering
• Comfortable working in English in a collaborative professional environment
• Proactive, curious learner who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance environment