Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · London · Belgrade · New York City
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Applied AIremote$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build AI-driven security agents that improve detection and response.
- Automate bug bounty intake, triage, and remediation tracking workflows.
- Partner with product teams to threat model features and add guardrails.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on builder who loves automating security operations with AI-driven tooling and secure-by-default patterns. Pragmatic end-to-end owner who thrives partnering across engineering to reduce manual response work.
Requirements
- 4+ years as a software engineer building security tools, platforms or automations, or in security engineering with strong development
- Proficiency in Python, Go or TypeScript building production services, CLIs or internal tools
- Experience integrating logging pipelines, SIEMs, EDR, cloud APIs or identity platforms
- Practical experience with threat modeling, secure design or application security reviews
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern SaaS environments
- Ability to own projects end-to-end and collaborate cross-functionally to ship high-impact improvements
- Experience with bug bounty or vulnerability management programs is a plus
- Experience designing AI-powered agents or automation for security operations is a bonus
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