Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AI)

Salary: $220K – $405K (U.S.-based positions)

Company

Perplexity is an AI-powered search and discovery engine building next-generation information retrieval systems.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap and technical strategy for agent-driven cloud infrastructure management.
• Design and operate cloud networking fabric, including VPC architectures and private connectivity to support high-throughput AI workloads.
• Architect and scale compute platforms using Kubernetes/EKS and mixed CPU/GPU fleets across regions.
• Build secure, isolated deployment topologies for multi-tenant and customer-owned cloud (BYOC) environments.
• Implement multi-region strategies for availability, failover, and disaster recovery.
• Develop automation and tooling using Terraform, Python, Go, or Rust to optimize day-2 operations.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure.
• Deep experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS (VPC, routing, load balancing).
• Strong background with Kubernetes/EKS, including multi-cluster or multi-region setups.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking and peering (Transit Gateway, private link).
• Experience operating secure, isolated environments for enterprise customers (BYOC or on-prem).
• Proficiency with Terraform and software engineering skills in Python, Go, or Rust.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for U.S. employees including health, dental, vision, and retirement.
• Tailored benefit programs for international employees based on their region of residence.
• Equity offerings provided as part of the compensation package.
• Access to fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts for U.S. staff.