Jobs · Information Technology · California

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

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