Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)New

The opportunity

Welcome! This is the general application portal for university students and recent graduates who wish to be considered for full-time Member of Technical Staff positions at Perplexity.

What you'll do

  • ​ Breadth : New grads at Perplexity work across the stack, from Perplexity's: agent harnesses to our AI inference and training systems. Many of our most beloved features and most important systems were shipped by individuals fresh out of school.

  • ​ Depth : New grads are entrusted (and expected) to dive deep into whatever: problem domains you work on. Often, your work will require you to become a world expert in some problem space that few others in the world have encountered.

  • ​ Mentorship & Growth: We keep the size of our entering new grad cohorts at well below 10% of our technical team. Each individual enjoys a rich network of mentors to help them grow, and our new grads have a track record of becoming some of Perplexity's most senior and prolific team members.

  • ​ Recognition: We select for the best and we recognize them accordingly. We set our early career compensation to rise well above that of top tech companies and startups. Post-hire, we aggressively recognize and reward growth in role.

  • ​ Mission : Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. Our mission is to: build frontier intelligence for the world's most discerning users, and each contribution you make will directly advance that mission.

  • GPA of ≥3.92 , averaged across all CS and Math classes; and

What they're looking for

  • Grade of A or A+ in your school's upper-level algorithms course.