Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)
$220K–$405K
San Francisco +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
London
Seattle
New York City
Toronto - Experience
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Builds enterprise controls and platform capabilities that help organizations securely deploy and govern Perplexity across their environments.
What you'll do
- Own identity and provisioning, permissions, policy controls, and secure admin APIs.
- Deliver audit logs, change notifications, and analytics for usage, spend, and policy enforcement.
- Lead cross-team development of reliable, reusable enterprise platform capabilities and admin experiences.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of software engineering experience owning complex backend systems from design through production operation.
- Strong system design skills for reliable, scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platforms with clear security and isolation boundaries.
- Proficiency in a backend language such as Python, Go, or Rust, and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS and Kubernetes.
- Deep expertise in at least one listed area: enterprise identity and provisioning; permissions and policy enforcement; encryption and customer-managed keys; or enterprise admin platforms, audit infrastructure, or usage and spend analytics.
Pay
$220K – $405K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, AWS, Kubernetes, SAML/OIDC, SCIM, WorkOS
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