Internship - Search Machine Learning Engineer
Perplexity AI · Belgrade
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At a glance
Highlights
- Help build next-generation search focused on retrieval and ranking quality.
- Ship search features that directly impact how users discover information.
- Help improve RAG pipelines for grounding and answer generation.
Ideal candidate
Self-driven builder studying in Serbia or self-taught who has finished a personal project they're proud of. Curious, persistent and eager to learn, you thrive on ownership, direct feedback and fast-paced, high-standard teamwork.
Requirements
- Strong foundation in machine learning and statistics with coursework or projects in retrieval, ranking or recommender systems
- Experience with Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow or JAX via academic, open-source or personal projects
- Currently enrolled at a Serbian university or self-taught with strong passion for software engineering
- Built and finished a personal project beyond class assignments
- Self-driven, curious and persistent with ownership mindset and comfort in fast-paced environments
- Comfortable working in English in a collaborative professional environment
- Experience with Rust is a plus
- remote policy
- in-person only
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