Strategic Finance Lead - Compute
Perplexity AI · San Francisco
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Applied AIremotelead$190k–$240k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own financial strategy for Perplexity’s GPU fleet and capacity decisions.
- Build token-cost curves guiding internal and external pricing.
- Analyze ROI of in-house inference and training across workloads.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Analytical finance builder who thrives partnering with engineers, loves turning complex infrastructure dynamics into clear narratives, and is energized by creating frameworks from scratch to drive capacity decisions.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, private equity, growth equity, consulting, or investment banking
- Experience in cloud or GPU infrastructure financial management with major cloud providers or neoclouds
- Direct experience with committed-use economics and GPU procurement
- Deep expertise in GPU vendor economics, contract structures, and pricing models
- Experience with chip architecture economics and optimization strategies
- Proficiency with financial modeling tools
- remote policy
- 2-3 days per week in-person
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