Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco
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Applied AIonsite$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build agent harnesses powering Perplexity Computer and Comet experiences.
- Advance agents that navigate the digital world to do valuable work.
- Shape secure-by-design agentic capabilities for millions of users.
What they offer
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Dependent care accounts
Ideal candidate
Energetic tinkerer with sharp product intuition and passion for shipping delightful experiences. Thrives owning ambiguous problems in a small, fast-moving team to advance agents for millions.
Requirements
- Strong foundational familiarity with the full AI product stack
- Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust)
- Significant experience in context engineering and tool interfaces, post-training and reinforcement learning, or browser technologies
- Strong product intuition and taste for user experience excellence
- Comfortable working with a small, fast-moving team with ownership mindset
- Passion for shipping products that surprise and delight
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