Member of Technical Staff (AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)New$220K–$405K
The opportunity
Perplexity is seeking an intrepid Member of Technical Staff to take on one of the AI industry's most unique engineering roles. You'll work directly with Perplexity's senior leadership to spearhead a broad portfolio of strategic technology initiatives across policy, law, operations, and corporate affairs.
What you'll do
Harness AI agents to research high-stakes policy and regulatory issues pertaining to Perplexity.
Build automated platforms for harvesting, prioritizing, and patenting: Perplexity's inventions, in collaboration with our AI researchers and intellectual property attorneys.
Work hands-on with our Legal team and outside counsel in support of high-tech: litigation matters in U.S. federal court.
Engineer privacy and compliance systems that efficiently scale with our: growing portfolio of frontier AI products (such as Comet and Computer ).
Contribute to regulatory filings and responses that require impeccable: command of AI technology, Perplexity's own systems, and the broader policy landscape.
Embed with our People team to implement first-party software solutions for: recruiting, labor compliance, and performance management.
What they're looking for
- Participate in meetings with Capitol Hill, executive branch officials,: international partners, and civil society as a subject-matter expert on both AI technology and policy.
- Exceptionally talented early-career engineers (new grads welcome) who are (1): well-read in law, tech policy, or economics, and (2) wish to grow in both technical and non-technical disciplines. We welcome candidates who plan to attend law school or PhD programs in the future; we ask for a minimum 2-year commitment (i.e., you would apply for the entering class of 2028 or later).
- Experienced engineers at top tech companies who wish to develop policy, business, and operations chops.
- Lawyers or economists (new JD or PhD grads welcome) who've kept their: engineering skills sharp and are excited to reimagine their fields in the age of AI.
