Backed by Accel, Bessemer and NEA.
About the role
Lead the team building realtime voice and multimodal experiences across Perplexity, taking new products from first prototype to production launch. Own the team's roadmap, deciding which voice and vision experiences to build next and what infrastructure they need to succeed.
What they're looking for
- Experience managing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
- A strong software engineering background in backend or distributed systems
- Experience designing and operating production services in rapidly scaling environments on AWS or similar cloud infrastructure
- A track record of leading teams to ship complex projects in a fast-moving environment
- Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user problems into clear technical priorities
- Clear communication and the ability to work effectively across teams
More about this role
In 2026, we launched Computer, the defining product for the new era of agentic AI. We've scaled beyond the millions of people using Perplexity every day for research, shopping, investing and curiosity into a new paradigm of using AI to transform knowledge into action.
The Multimodal team builds the experiences and infrastructure that move AI interaction beyond touch and text: realtime voice, vision, and the platform systems behind them. We own the full path from a user speaking into a device to an answer coming back: the realtime session infrastructure that connects clients to frontier audio models, the backend orchestration that routes, records, and supervises live sessions, and the SDK that powers voice and multimodal experiences across Perplexity's apps.
As Engineering Manager for Multimodal, you will lead the team building realtime voice and multimodal experiences across Perplexity. You'll hire and develop engineers, set technical direction, and drive new products at the intersection of voice, vision, and agents.
Lead the team building realtime voice and multimodal experiences across Perplexity, taking new products from first prototype to production launch.
Own the team's...
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