Member Of Technical Staff (AI)

TL;DR

Member Of Technical Staff (AI): Building and scaling product and platform systems for the agentic AI 'Computer' product with an accent on end-to-end feature ownership and system reliability. Focus on integrating LLMs, agents, and evaluation frameworks to enable AI-driven action.

Location: San Francisco, New York City, or Palo Alto. The company also hires internationally, with salaries and benefits tailored to the local market.

Salary: $220,000 – $405,000

Company

Perplexity is an AI research and product company dedicated to powering curiosity through agentic AI that transforms knowledge into action.

What you will do

• Design, build, and own product and platform systems for the 'Computer' AI product.
• Lead the entire feature lifecycle from problem definition and technical design to implementation and launch.
• Iterate on hard technical problems to improve user experience and system performance.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists.
• Develop systems that handle AI nuances, including agents, context, personalization, and ground truth evaluation.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose language (Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Rust, Java, or C++).
• Experience building and operating production systems at a meaningful scale.
• Strong product judgment to translate user problems into effective technical solutions.
• Genuine interest in AI products and a capacity to learn quickly.

Nice to have

• Experience with LLMs, AI agents, retrieval systems, or evaluation frameworks.
• Background working at a fast-growing startup or in a high-ownership engineering role.
• Experience as a founder of a company or initiative.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive US benefits: equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, and commuter accounts.
• International benefits tailored to the region of residence for employees outside the US.
• A culture centered on craftsmanship, ownership, and entrepreneurship.
• Collaborative environment with highly talented peers pursuing knowledge and truth.
• Opportunity to work in a highly leveraged engineering team shipping fast.