Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration)
$250K–$405K
San Francisco +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 31, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Builds AI-enabled infrastructure and workflows that help Perplexity engineers develop, test, review, and ship software faster and reliably.
What you'll do
- Build and operate development environments, build and test systems, code review, and release tooling.
- Take agent-driven engineering workflows from prototype to production, including evaluations, verification, and safety controls.
- Work with teams to identify bottlenecks, deliver solutions, and measure effects on development time, review effort, and reliability.
What they ask for
- Daily, hands-on use of AI models and coding tools, with judgment about their limitations and how to verify outputs.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Go, or Rust, and willingness to learn other languages.
- Broad familiarity with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, data pipelines, and ML tooling.
Nice to have
- Substantial experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer productivity in technically complex environments.
Pay
$250K – $405K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, Rust
AI focus
Develop and operationalize AI-agent systems for software engineering; evaluate models and tools, and build workflows with evaluation, verification, and safety controls.
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