Member of Technical Staff (General Software Engineer, Infrastructure)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · London · Austin · Berlin · Seattle · New York City · Toronto
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Applied AIremote$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build foundational systems behind real-time search, retrieval and model serving.
- Own cross-cutting infrastructure problems spanning multiple platform boundaries.
- Lead high-impact programs shaping infrastructure strategy across teams.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Infrastructure generalist energized by cross-cutting systems problems spanning multiple domains. You care about latency, reliability, and raising the engineering bar through collaboration and mentorship.
Requirements
- 4+ years building and operating production backend, platform, or distributed systems
- Track record owning complex production systems end-to-end with sustained cross-team impact
- Ability to set technical direction and raise bar via design reviews and mentorship
- Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, Rust, C++, Java or similar
- Experience across 2+ infrastructure domains like cloud, Kubernetes, storage or networking
- Ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly and drive incidents to durable resolution
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