Member of Technical Staff (Model Behavior)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Palo Alto
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Applied AIremotemid-senior$200k–$330k
At a glance
Highlights
- Shape how Perplexity AI responds, uses tools, skills, and memory.
- Design self-improvement loops to steer prompts and tool use.
- Experiment with and help release new models to production.
What they offer
- Equity
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Retirement
- Fitness
- Commuter accounts
- Dependent care accounts
Ideal candidate
Analytical, experiment-driven software engineer who loves shaping AI behavior and crafting high-quality user experiences through prompt and context design.
Requirements
- 2 to 10+ years of experience in software engineering or research
- Strong background in software engineering fundamentals and LLM-driven and agentic systems
- Experience shaping LLM behavior through prompts, tool and skill design, or memory systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
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