Acceleration Engineer (AI)

Location: San Francisco or New York City; must be U.S.-based for listed compensation

Salary: $250K – $405K + Equity

Company

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that synthesizes real-time web search into trustworthy answers with citations.

What you will do

• Identify and execute high-potential opportunities to accelerate delivery cadence using frontier AI capabilities.
• Develop and build both prototypes and production systems to enhance technical and business workflows.
• Optimize codebases, systems, and knowledge stores to make them legible to AI.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to instill and scale an AI-forward company culture.
• Maintain expertise in the latest AI models and tools to maximize internal operational velocity.

Requirements

• 5 to 15+ years of industry experience, primarily in infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer acceleration.
• Daily proficiency with AI models and tools with a strong intuition of their capabilities and limits.
• Strong proficiency in Python; experience with or desire to learn Rust, TypeScript, or Go.
• Broad working knowledge of AI product and applied research stacks (e.g., understanding of CUDA).
• Ability to balance immediate shipping needs with long-term capacity building.
• Must be based in the USA to qualify for the specified salary range.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive U.S. benefits program including health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Equity packages.
• Retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts.
• Lean, mission-focused environment with an AI-forward culture.