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Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)

Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · London · Belgrade · New York City

Applied AIremotesenior$220k–$405k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Run red team ops and adversary simulations across cloud, apps, and AI systems.
  • Probe AI-specific attack surfaces like prompt injection and agent abuse.
  • Test detection and response end to end with defensive security partners.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Adversary-minded security hacker who loves breaking complex systems to make them stronger. You partner well with engineers and communicate risk clearly to technical and executive audiences.

Requirements

  • 5+ years hands-on in offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing
  • Deep expertise in at least two: cloud, web/API, Kubernetes/containers, endpoint, network, or CI/CD security
  • Track record discovering impactful vulnerabilities or novel attack techniques in production
  • Strong programming/scripting in Python, Go or similar; builds custom tooling and exploits
  • Experience with offensive tools like Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike/Sliver/Mythic, Metasploit, BloodHound, nuclei and beyond
  • Excellent communication translating complex findings into clear risk narratives
  • Experience assessing AI/ML systems, LLM apps, or agentic workflows

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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