Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · New York City
Applied AIonsitesenior$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Turn frontier model breakthroughs into reliable, scalable agent capabilities.
- Build agent planning, tool use, and long-running task execution systems.
- Shape architecture enabling users and agents to solve complex tasks.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Product-minded builder who loves turning frontier AI research into shipped experiences. You thrive with broad ownership, high craftsmanship, and rapid iteration on agent systems.
Requirements
- 6+ years professional software engineering experience building AI-powered, large-scale products
- Strong fundamentals building and operating backend services or distributed systems at scale
- Experience owning AI product lifecycle from evaluation to production monitoring and iteration
- Practical experience with agent harnesses, tool use, context engineering, or long-running tasks
- Strong product judgment translating ambiguous user needs into shipped solutions with measurable impact
- Genuine interest in frontier AI capabilities and productizing new model behaviors
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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