Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth)
$220K–$405K
San Francisco +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 4, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience; strong junior and mid-level candidates with a track record of shipping are also considered.
About the job
Build and optimize growth experiences across Perplexity products, using experimentation and applied AI to improve user adoption, conversion, retention, and revenue.
What you'll do
- Design and own growth surfaces across the funnel, including onboarding, SEO, lifecycle, conversion, and paid upgrades.
- Lead experiments end-to-end, from hypothesis and instrumentation through analysis and rollout.
- Build AI-powered growth systems and experiences, such as user classifiers, personalization, and recommendations.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience; strong junior and mid-level candidates are considered.
- Full-stack skills across a modern web stack.
- Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation platforms.
- Comfort with SQL and data-informed decision-making.
Nice to have
- Experience on a growth team or training and productionizing ML models.
- Experience with SEO, lifecycle marketing, billing, consumer and enterprise products, or mobile development.
Pay
$220K – $405K (currency not stated; compensation type not specified)
Tools
TypeScript, Next.js, React, Python, PostgreSQL, Eppo, AWS, SQL
AI focus
Build applied AI systems for growth, including classifiers, personalization, AI-driven onboarding, and recommendation surfaces; connect new AI capabilities to measurable adoption and revenue outcomes.
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