Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · London · Belgrade · New York City
Applied AIremote$220k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build internal AI agents that improve detection and incident response.
- Engineer automation for alert triage, investigation, and containment workflows.
- Develop systems supporting bug bounty intake, triage, and remediation tracking.
What they offer
- equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on builder who loves automating security operations and shipping pragmatic tools end-to-end. Thrives partnering with engineers to make secure development easy and improve detection and response.
Requirements
- 4+ years as software engineer building security tools, platforms or automations, or security engineering with strong development
- Proficiency in Python, Go or TypeScript and 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 ship high-impact improvements cross-functionally
- Experience with bug bounty or vulnerability management programs a plus
- Experience designing AI-powered agents or automation for security operations a plus
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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