Internship - Search Machine Learning Engineer
Perplexity AI · Belgrade
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At a glance
Highlights
- Build next-gen search tech focused on retrieval and ranking.
- Ship features that directly impact how users discover information.
- Help build RAG pipelines for grounding and answer generation.
Ideal candidate
Self-driven, curious builder who has shipped a personal project they’re proud of and thrives on ownership. Eager to learn fast, embrace feedback, and tackle search challenges in a high-performance team.
Requirements
- Strong foundation in ML and statistics with IR, ranking, or recommender projects
- Experience with Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
- Built a personal project beyond class assignments you took initiative to finish
- Currently enrolled at a Serbian university or self-taught with passion for engineering
- Comfortable working in English in a collaborative professional environment
- Experience with Rust is a plus
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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