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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
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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
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