Member of Technical Staff (Model Behavior)New$200K–$330K

Perplexity
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Hybrid · San FranciscoOperations

The opportunity

About the Role We're hiring software engineers for the Model Behavior team to help shape how Perplexity’s AI products behave: the style of their responses, and the way they use tools, skills, and memory. The team designs prompt and context engineering strategies to deliver…

What they're looking for

  • Strong background in software engineering fundamentals, and a technical: understanding of LLM-driven and agentic systems.
  • Experience shaping LLM behavior through prompts, tool and skill design, or memory systems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in explaining: complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • Recent experience working on modern LLM-driven products.