Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · New York City
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Applied AIonsite$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own the billing platform powering Perplexity Computer and agentic products.
- Meter every agent action in real time and settle costs across new models.
- Build abstractions letting product teams ship SKUs and pricing experiments.
What they offer
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Fitness benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Dependent care accounts
Ideal candidate
A product-minded owner who loves high-craft, reliable systems and cross-functional partnership with Finance and Growth. You think like a founder, move fast, and care about turning agentic AI usage into seamless paid experiences.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Direct experience building or scaling billing, payments, subscription, or monetization systems
- Deep familiarity with payment processors including subscriptions, invoicing, disputes, refunds, and webhooks
- Demonstrated experience building in-house billing solutions
- Strong backend engineering skills in Python and complex distributed systems
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and data-informed decisions
- Strong product judgment translating stakeholder problems into simple technical solutions
- Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Support, or Growth
- Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly
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