Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)
Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · 1 wk ago
On-siteInformation Technology$220k–$405k/yrFull-time
What you'll do
- Design, build, and own product and platform systems for Computer
- Lead features, projects and products end-to-end, from problem definition to technical design, implementation, and launch
- Hill climb on hard problems, continuously iterating to improve for ourselves and customers
- Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists, and go-to-market teams
- Build systems that take into account the nuances of AI, working with agents, context, evaluation, personalization and the ground truth
Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Rust, Java, or C++
- Experience building and operating production systems at a meaningful scale
- Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user problems into simple, effective technical solutions
- Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly
Nice to have
- Experience with LLMs, agents, retrieval systems, personalization, or evaluation frameworks
- Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team
- Founded a company or initiative