Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Belgrade · New York City
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Applied AIremote$200k–$400k
At a glance
Highlights
- Reshape knowledge work through high-impact desktop and Comet apps.
- Implement novel mobile experiences with product teams.
- Design fast and intuitive UI with design teams.
What they offer
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Dependent care accounts
Ideal candidate
Generalist software engineer who loves shipping polished production apps and owning surfaces end to end. You care about fast, intuitive UX and quickly ramping across codebases.
Requirements
- 4+ years industry experience
- Experience in shipping high-quality native applications
- Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans
- Deep understanding of app performance
- Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively
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