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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
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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
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