Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI)

Perplexity
San Francisco / New York City / Palo Alto2025-09-19

About the job

Perplexity is looking for an Applied AI Engineer to design, build, and iterate on cutting-edge agents powering our core experience in Perplexity Computer. Working in this mission critical team, you will develop frontier context layer applications - fulfilling the curiosity of millions of users across the globe.

Responsibilities

Apply state-of-the-art ML and LLM techniques to solve problems spanning: Personalization (LLM memory, context summarization, retrieval and ranking); Contextual recommendations and Monetization applications; Build frontier agent capabilities on top of Perplexity Computer; Build auto research harness for both offline and online techniques, designing experiments and metrics that provide deep insight into quality and impact; Own the entire model lifecycle from research to production: data analysis, modeling, evaluation, offline/online A/B testing, and iterative improvement and build autonomous harness for agent squad to explore different problem spaces; Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, PMs, data scientists, and designers to ensure our AI drives meaningful product improvements; Stay at the forefront of ML/AI innovation by evaluating and incorporating emerging research and algorithms into the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Minimum

No minimum qualifications listed.

Preferred

5+ years experience building and shipping robust AI products for large-scale, user-facing or data-driven products; Strong software engineering skills (Python, production-quality codebases, collaborative development) and experience using agentic coding tools for large scale parallel developments; In-depth experience with the full AI lifecycle: data analysis, rigorous evaluation, and ongoing monitoring/improvement; Proven collaborator and communicator; excels in high-velocity, cross-functional teams; Curious, driven by end-user/product impact, and passionate about advancing the state of applied ML and AI; BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).