Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · London · Belgrade · New York City
Applied AIremotesenior$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build agentic cybersecurity products from zero to one for enterprise customers.
- Ship agents that find vulnerabilities, test defenses, and investigate threats.
- Work directly with design partners to shape new security product areas.
What they offer
- Offers Equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on product-minded builder with real security depth who thrives in ambiguity, loves working directly with customers, and wants agents to do real security work.
Requirements
- 4+ years as software engineer building production systems with focus on security products, platforms or engineering
- Proficiency in Python, Go, TypeScript or Rust and end-to-end ownership of production services
- Hands-on depth in application security, penetration testing/offensive security, cloud security or detection and response
- Experience integrating with source control, CI/CD, cloud provider APIs, identity providers, scanners or SIEMs
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and secure multi-tenant SaaS
- Comfortable working directly with customers and shipping quickly in ambiguous early-stage product area
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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