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Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)

Perplexity· AI Products
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San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York City$220k - $405kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Engineering role at Perplexity focused on building products and systems that empower humans to think, decide, and act with AI. Role involves shipping fast, working across product, infrastructure, and frontier technology to create new AI-powered experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Computer
  • Lead features, projects and products end-to-end, from problem definition to technical design, implementation, and launch.
  • Hill climb on hard problems, continuously iterating to improve for ourselves and customers.
  • Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and go-to-market teams.
  • Build systems that take into account the nuances of AI, working with agents, context, evaluation, personalization and the ground truth.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Swift, Rust, Java, or C++.
  • Experience building and operating production systems at a meaningful scale.
  • 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.

Skills

Required:Software engineeringProgramming languagesProduction systemsProduct judgmentAI product interest

Benefits

  • USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions. International salaries are set based on the local market. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • International Benefits: Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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