Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Multimodal)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · London
Applied AIonsite$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design and scale live voice session infrastructure for Perplexity's Computer product.
- Own orchestration letting live voice models delegate work to agents and tools.
- Drive new voice, vision and agent products from definition through launch.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Backend builder with 4+ years experience who thrives on ownership and wants to define how people talk to AI. You love crafting high-quality products and moving fast from problem to launch.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend or distributed systems
- Strong experience in Rust, Python, or Go
- Experience designing and operating production distributed systems
- Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure — deploying, scaling, and operating services on AWS or equivalent
- Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user problems into simple, effective technical solutions
- 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
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