Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge Platform)
$220K–$405K
San Francisco +4 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 15, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
Palo Alto
London
Seattle
New York City - Experience
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Builds the enterprise integration platform that lets Perplexity’s agents discover and use customer tools and data, including connector infrastructure, knowledge systems, and a marketplace.
What you'll do
- Own the connector runtime and build semantic knowledge, discovery, search, and recommendation capabilities.
- Develop the integration marketplace and partner onboarding and publishing workflows.
- Ensure secure, reliable connector execution; own monitoring, reliability targets, and incident response.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of software engineering experience owning complex backend systems through production operation.
- Strong system design skills for reliable, scalable platforms integrating heterogeneous APIs and services with security and isolation boundaries.
- Strong proficiency in a backend language such as Python, Go, or Rust, plus hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS and Kubernetes.
- Deep expertise in at least one area: connector runtimes/API platforms/MCP servers; semantic modeling or knowledge systems; search or recommendation; or marketplaces and developer platforms.
Pay
USD $220K – $405K base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, AWS, Kubernetes, MCP
AI focus
Builds the connector runtime, knowledge layer, and discovery capabilities that enable AI agents to find enterprise tools and context and act on them reliably within permissions.
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