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Legal and Operations Engineering Lead

Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Palo Alto

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Applied AIremotelead$150k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Architect Legal and Operations Engineering platform replacing manual legal work.
  • Own enterprise contracting automation end-to-end, from redlining to onboarding.
  • Partner directly with General Counsel to transform judgment-heavy workflows.

What they offer

  • equity

Ideal candidate

Entrepreneurial builder with backend engineering foundation and legal curiosity who thrives in ambiguity. You love turning messy, high-volume workflows into scalable automated systems at startup pace.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend software engineering experience shipping production systems at scale
  • Working knowledge of legal concepts with some legal operations or paralegal experience desired
  • Strong business judgment and practical problem-solving with incomplete information
  • Track record building scalable processes and foundational systems from scratch
  • Fluency with modern legal tech and AI tools with disciplined human-in-the-loop practices
  • Excellent written and verbal communication with senior legal, finance and executive stakeholders
  • Entrepreneurial drive, intellectual curiosity and agility in ambiguous fast-moving environment

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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