Perplexity is seeking an experienced Full Stack AI Software Engineer to help revolutionize the way people search and interact online. In this role, you'll translate cutting-edge AI advances into tangible products for our users.Responsibilities
- Propose novel product features that can be built with LLMs and integrate them into our product.
- Stay up-to-date on new features released from external LLM providers and in house researchers.
- Improving the speed and quality of our codebase and engineering processes to ensure we consistently deliver an amazing product experience.
- Collaborating across disciplines, including researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers, to fill gaps and ship products.
Qualifications
- Strong programming skills with the ability to work across the full stack. Our tech stack includes Python, NextJS, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, and Postgresql.
- Understands how to make tradeoffs in using different models.
- Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks.
- A passion for shipping quality products.
- Proven track record of working with LLM API’s and prompting challenges.
- 2+ years of industry experience.
The cash compensation range for this role is $160,000 - $240,000.
At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine in 2022. We've grown from answering 2.5 million questions per day at the start of 2024 to around 20 million daily queries in December 2024. We also offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro, which counts leading companies like Nvidia, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bridgewater, and Zoom as customers.
To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected technology investors. Our investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals. In 2024, our employee base grew nearly 300%, and we're just getting started.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
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Perplexity San Francisco, California, USA Office
575 Market St. SF 4th Floor, San Francisco, California, United States, 94105
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