# Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agent Engine) at Perplexity

- Company: Perplexity
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Bessemer and NEA.
- Company website: http://www.perplexity.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $405K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-31
- Apply by: 2026-12-15
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Perplexity/d865c821-9a27-416c-9c6a-14132a86f760?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/perplexity-member-of-technical-staff-ai-software-engineer-agent-engine/

## About the role

Perplexity is seeking energetic engineers to join our highly driven Agent Engine team. The Agent Engine team designs and builds powerful agentic experiences including Perplexity Computer , the Comet ecosystem, our Agent API, and more. In short, we build frontier intelligence systems for the world's most discerning users. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Strong foundational familiarity with the AI systems stack
- Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust)
- Harness engineering
- Agent Skills and plugin architectures
- Model training and reinforcement learning
- Browser technologies (CDP, Playwright, extension development, etc.)

Tags: AI Research & Systems

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/perplexity-member-of-technical-staff-ai-software-engineer-agent-engine/