Backed by Accel, Bessemer and NEA.
About the role
Perplexity is looking for a deeply technical software engineer to own and evolve our model serving platform, which is responsible for connecting our products and research systems with our inference layers. This mission-critical system gives teams one fast, reliable interface across providers.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping large-scale systems and services with high reliability, availability, and performance
- Strong software engineering craft, with special care for developer experience and designing future-proof systems that can evolve along with a rapidly advancing AI landscape
- Proficiency with a general-purpose backend language (Python, Rust, C++, Go) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes)
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields (or equivalent experience)
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.
As an engineer at Perplexity, your role will be to build products and systems that define how AI empowers humans to think, decide and act. You’ll ship fast and work between both product and infrastructure advancements in our technology.
Craftsmanship . We build high quality, tasteful products targeting both the AI native and AI curious.
Ownership . You identify the problem, design the solution and ship it.
Entrepreneurship . We think like founders, act with urgency, and hustle to deliver for each other and our users.
Scholarship . Work among highly talented peers, pursuing knowledge and truth, upleveling ourselves, our teams, and our products.
Partnership . We amplify each others' strengths, break down silos, and give selflessly to help our colleagues deliver excellence.
Perplexity is looking for a deeply technical software engineer to own and evolve our model serving platform, which is responsible for connecting our...
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